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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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January 28, 2026
Northern Trust VP Stole Millions From Elderly Client, Suits Say
An elderly banking heiress and her nephew have sued the Northern Trust Co., alleging the wealth management firm failed to safeguard their assets from a now-former vice president who helped himself to millions of dollars of their funds.
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January 28, 2026
Ropes Leads Kraken-Linked SPAC's Upsized $300M Listing
Krakacquisition, a blank check company that counts crypto exchange Kraken among its backers, began trading on Wednesday after pricing an upsized $300 million initial public offering steered by Ropes & Gray LLP and underwriter counsel Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP.
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January 28, 2026
SEC Urged To Adopt Insider Trading Rules For Foreign Firms
A former member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is among a trio of academics pressing the agency to write rules cracking down on insider trading at foreign companies that trade on U.S. exchanges, urging action before a congressionally mandated deadline runs out in March.
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January 28, 2026
BlackRock, Eclipse Lead Cellares' $257M Funding Round
Integrated development and manufacturing organization company Cellares, which focuses on the large-scale manufacturing of cell therapies, on Wednesday announced that it closed a $257 million funding round, bringing the South San Francisco, California-based company's total capital raised to $612 million.
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January 28, 2026
What To Expect From Justices' 401(k) Ruling, DOL Rulemaking
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in Anderson v. Intel, addressing alternative assets in defined contribution plans, coupled with the U.S. Department of Labor's recently proposed regulation on fiduciary duties in selecting alternative investments, could alleviate the litigation risk that has impeded wider consideration of such investments, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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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