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Latest News in Asset Management

  • June 23, 2026

    Landmark Housing Bill Heads To Trump After House Vote

    The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed an amended version of landmark housing legislation focused on expanding housing supply and lowering housing costs with a 358-32 vote, putting it on the track to President Donald Trump's desk.

  • June 23, 2026

    Hedge Fund To Pay Avis $650M In Short-Swing Profit Fight

    Pentwater Capital Management has agreed to pay Avis Budget $650 million to resolve allegations that the Naples, Florida-based hedge fund violated the Securities Exchange Act's short-swing profits rule by quickly loading up on shares and cash swaps and then dumping shares at the height of a short squeeze.

  • June 23, 2026

    Feds' Capital Revamp Has A Dodd-Frank Problem, Critics Say

    Big banks are broadly pleased with a draft capital-rule overhaul that federal regulators project would deliver the biggest capital relief in a generation, but critics say it rests on shaky legal ground that the banking agencies have "astoundingly" ignored.

  • June 23, 2026

    SEC Urged To Adopt CAT To Fix Market Surveillance Tool

    The national stock exchanges that run a key market surveillance tool have told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission there is "no realistic fallback" that could replace the tool as the SEC looks for ways to trim the tool's budget, but some are urging the agency to take over funding and ownership of the database known as the consolidated audit trail. 

  • June 23, 2026

    Stock Bought Too Late For Breakup Fee Suit, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has dismissed an investor suit claiming that the top brass of the sponsor of a blank check company unfairly claimed a $29 million settlement despite missing a deadline to merge with another company, finding that the investor purchased shares after the breakup fee of the failed merger was disclosed.

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