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Latest News in Asset Management

  • June 12, 2026

    Direct Fed Payment Access Finally In Sight For Fintechs

    A recent executive order and a Federal Reserve proposal could finally allow direct payment system access for fintechs and other nonbanks, potentially reducing reliance on sponsor banks and reshaping competition, as well as prompting organizations to reassess partnership strategies as litigation and rulemaking unfold, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • June 12, 2026

    Trader Admits Fib To SEC, Avoids $600M Fraud Trial

    A former California investment executive told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he lied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, copping to a lesser count of obstruction after prosecutors initially charged him with a $600 million "cherry-picking" fraud.

  • June 11, 2026

    Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Launch SpaceX's Record $75B IPO

    Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday priced a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, represented by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and underwriters' counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, marking the largest IPO in history.

  • June 11, 2026

    Workers Hit Chiron Financial With Unpaid Wage Suit

    Chiron Financial didn't pay 17 of its workers when it was having money trouble, a proposed class action in Texas federal court alleges, seeking to recoup the money that the workers say they're owed.

  • June 11, 2026

    Sports Prediction Co. Wins CFTC OK To Launch Event Market

    Sports prediction company ProphetX on Thursday received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to register as a federally regulated prediction market exchange focused on sports-based event contracts, becoming the first American sports-native, direct-clearing prediction market to launch and operate in full compliance with federal law.

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