Asset Management

Asset Management Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the asset management industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals involving investment firms, mutual funds, hedge funds, bond funds, pension funds, and real estate investment trusts.



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Latest News in Asset Management

  • August 20, 2026

    Simpson Thacher-Led Franklin Templeton Wraps $1.5B CFO

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-advised investment firm Franklin Templeton on Thursday announced that it closed its inaugural collateralized fund obligation with $1.5 billion in committed capital from global investors.

  • August 20, 2026

    Adviser, Startup To Pay SEC $266K For Taking Client Data

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has secured a nearly $266,000 judgment against a California-based investment adviser and his firm, and banned him from practicing for three years after he allegedly emailed himself confidential client information from his former employer and used it to launch his own investment firm.

  • August 20, 2026

    Entertainment-Focused VC Firm Wraps $250M Fund

    Interactive entertainment-focused venture capital firm Makers Fund on Thursday revealed that it has closed its latest fund with $250 million in tow, bringing the firm's total assets under management to $1.5 billion.

  • August 20, 2026

    Coal Producer Must Face Suit Over Retirement Plan Fees

    A coal company can't escape a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully allowed its employee retirement plan to pay exorbitant recordkeeping fees, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled Thursday, saying workers' allegations that other plans paid far less were sufficient to stay in court.

  • August 20, 2026

    Deutsche Bank Freed From Fed's 2017 Forex-Rigging Order

    The Federal Reserve has terminated a 2017 enforcement action that required Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $137 million over its alleged role in Wall Street's foreign exchange rate-rigging scandals.

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