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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
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April 07, 2026
Kirkland-Led ArcLight Secures $3.9B For Infrastructure Fund
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised ArcLight Capital Partners, an infrastructure-focused private equity shop, on Tuesday announced that it wrapped its eighth fund with $3.9 billion in tow.
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April 07, 2026
Hormel Foods Faces Class Cert. Bid In Retirement Fund Suit
An ex-worker for Hormel Foods Corp. asked a Minnesota federal judge to certify a class in his federal benefits lawsuit alleging the company failed to remove high-cost investment options with poor return rates from its $1.2 billion in employee retirement plans.
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April 07, 2026
Seeking A Policy Fix As Merger Reporting Fight Continues
A recently announced request by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice for public comment on the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger reporting requirements, as litigation challenging the commission's updated requirements continues, suggests the government's willingness to address how best to support modern merger enforcement without unduly burdening filing parties, say attorneys at Baker Botts.
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April 07, 2026
Firstrust Savings Bank Can't Nix 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
A former Firstrust Savings Bank worker adequately supported his claims that employees lost millions because they had to invest a portion of their savings in the bank's underperforming proprietary fund, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, denying the bank's motion to dismiss the proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action.
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April 07, 2026
Insider Trading Case Unscathed By US Atty Office Shake-Up
A federal judge rejected a motion to dismiss the insider trading prosecution of a Garden State broker-dealer's ex-partner, ruling that questions about the leadership of the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey, including findings that prior supervisory appointments were unlawful, do not taint the indictment or require disqualification of the case prosecutors.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Initial public offerings
- Joint ventures
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Spinoffs
- Franchise and management agreements
- Real estate deals
- Shareholder activism involving hedge funds and hedge fund managers
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Internal Revenue Service
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Bankruptcies involving assets managed by hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, or other investment managers
- Restructuring and distressed debt issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of asset management practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the asset management industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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