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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.
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Latest News in Capital Markets
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May 16, 2025
FINRA Fines BTG Pactual Unit Over Lax AML Compliance
A U.S. brokerage unit of Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual will pay $400,000 to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to settle claims that, among other things, its written policies didn't explain how it would monitor wire transfer requests to stay in compliance with anti-money laundering provisions.
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May 16, 2025
FINRA Faces Calls To Narrow Its Outside Biz Rule Revamp
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has received a range of feedback on its proposal to streamline reporting requirements for firm representatives' outside business activities, with industry groups urging various tweaks to the measure, and a state regulator and investment adviser group opposing it outright.
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May 16, 2025
IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases
Initial public offerings are showing life again after a tariff-induced slumber, buoyed by strong debuts and a growing pipeline as more venture-backed technology startups are lining up public listings before Memorial Day and into June.
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May 16, 2025
CFTC May Be Hobbled As Another Member Announces Exit
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Christy Goldsmith Romero announced Friday that she will be stepping down as commissioner at the end of the month, potentially leaving the agency struggling to move forward with only two members as it awaits congressional action on President Donald Trump's nominee for chair.
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May 16, 2025
SEC X Account Hack Conspirator Gets 14 Months
An Alabama man was sentenced in D.C. federal court Friday to 14 months behind bars for his role in last year's hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's account on the social platform X to post a bogus development in the agency's cryptocurrency policy.

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
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- 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