Capital Markets
Capital Markets Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on the capital markets sector. Coverage includes stock and bond offerings, mortgage-backed securities, foreign exchange, follow-on offerings, and debt deals, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!
Latest News in Capital Markets
-
January 18, 2019
Bitcoin Boss Deserves 2 1/2 Years For SEC Lies, Gov't Says
Alternative currency purveyor Jon E. Montroll should serve about 2 1/2 years in prison for lying to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and defrauding customers after hackers stole 6,000 bitcoins from his businesses, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge.
-
January 18, 2019
Bipartisan House Bill Seeks Stricter SEC Insider Trading Rules
A new bipartisan bill introduced by House Committee on Financial Services leadership on Friday seeks to curb insider trading by calling for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to explore amendments to its corporate insider rule.
-
January 18, 2019
Forex Suit $300M Fee Objector Slams Class’ Appeal Bond Bid
The lone objector to $300 million in attorneys' fees granted in relation to $2.3 billion in settlements with banks over alleged benchmarking rate rigging in the foreign exchange markets has hit back at an investor class’ bid to require a $1.4 million bond while he appeals the award, telling a New York federal judge Friday that the request is unnecessary and burdensome.
-
January 18, 2019
Sen. Warren Seeks Info On Mnuchin's Calls To Bank CEOs
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the CEOs of the country's six largest banks Friday to provide more details about phone conversations last month in which Mnuchin called and asked if the banks had enough liquidity to weather a sustained stock market downturn.
-
January 18, 2019
High Court's Emulex Issue Is Narrower Than Some Suggest
Some have seen the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to hear Emulex v. Gary Varjabedian as an opportunity to deny investors any ability to bring claims under Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act. This effort is misguided for several reasons, say Corban Rhodes and Anna Menkova of Labaton Sucharow LLP.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- High-yield debt, corporate bond, convertible debt, and hybrid offerings
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Stock- or debt-funded acquisitions
- Distressed investments and bankruptcy proceedings
- Joint ventures
- Capital instruments, including mezzanine and venture
- Leveraged buyouts
- Real estate investment trust deals
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- UK Financial Conduct Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Corporate governance cases, including those over leadership changes, executive compensation, and shareholder rights
- Competition disputes
- Privacy issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of capital markets practices
Readership
- Capital markets lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the capital markets industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals