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

  • June 24, 2026

    SEC Says Sales Agents Aided Fla. $56M Real Estate Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled actions against sales agents connected to a real estate fraud scheme in Florida, alleging in court filings that they worked as unregistered dealer-brokers to raise $56 million from investors through the sales of promissory notes.

  • June 24, 2026

    Morgan Stanley Gets Initial OCC Nod To Launch 'Digital Trust'

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has given an initial green light for Morgan Stanley to move forward with its plans to launch a cryptocurrency-focused trust bank, a first for one of Wall Street's banking giants.

  • June 24, 2026

    Engineer Traded Off Microsoft's Nuclear Plans, Feds Say

    An ex-Constellation Energy engineering manager was accused in an indictment in Delaware federal court and by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of trading securities using nonpublic information about the company's confidential plans with Microsoft Corp. to potentially relaunch an inactive nuclear reactor.

  • June 24, 2026

    Dem Lawmakers Probe SEC On Brokerage AI Agents

    Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee have urged U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins to detail the agency's perspective on brokerage and investment advice provided through agentic artificial intelligence, saying agentic trading by retail brokerage platforms "raises serious questions for investor protection, broker-dealer responsibilities, market integrity, and the accountability of AI developers."

  • June 24, 2026

    Split 2nd Circ. Denies Bail To NYPD Bribery Case Cooperator

    A split Second Circuit panel has denied bail for a man once described by prosecutors as "one of the single most important" cooperating witnesses in the recent history of the Southern District of New York while he appeals his conviction in a police bribery scheme.

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Asset Management

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

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  • Executives and attorneys in the asset management industry
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  • 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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