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Latest News in Asset Management

  • October 26, 2026

    3 Firms Steer Obesity Drugmaker Corxel's $377M SPAC Deal

    Obesity-focused biopharmaceutical company Corxel Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Monday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special-purpose acquisition company Amanat Acquisition Corp. in a deal expected to generate roughly $377 million in gross proceeds and that was built by three law firms.

  • October 26, 2026

    Heitman Settles Suit Over Ex-Worker's $1.4M Plan Payout

    Real estate investment firm Heitman and the estate of a former employee who died have agreed to settle a $1.4 million benefits dispute over the proceeds of her retirement account, the parties told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday.

  • October 26, 2026

    Empery Faces Limited Restrictions In ATG Proxy Fight

    The Delaware Chancery Court ruled Monday that Empery Digital Inc. must provide activist investor ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP five business days' notice before taking certain major corporate actions while the parties fight over a disputed board seat, rejecting broader restrictions that could give ATG outsized influence over the company's operations.

  • October 26, 2026

    The Future Of PCAOB Enforcement After Post-Jarkesy Win

    While the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board recently defeated procedural and structural challenges to its enforcement program in D.C. federal court, it's unclear what claims and sanctions the PCAOB can bring against respondents — and whether it's interested in instituting disciplinary proceedings generally, says Mike Plotnick at King & Spalding.

  • October 26, 2026

    Eyewear Co. Escapes Lawsuit Over 401(k) Stable Value Fund

    An eyewear company defeated a proposed class action alleging it cost employees millions of dollars in retirement savings by keeping an underperforming stable value fund in its 401(k) plan, with a Texas federal judge ruling plan participants hadn't identified a comparable fund that performed better.

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