/capitalmarkets?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Capital Markets Copyright 2026 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:39:02 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429141 The criminal probe that President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Justice has opened into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dramatically escalates administration pressure on the central bank, but it is not without significant potential risks for the White House. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:14:48 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428986?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428986 FirstEnergy Corp. investors have renewed their bid for class certification in Ohio federal court after the Sixth Circuit decertified the class and found that the district court applied the wrong legal standard, in a case accusing the utility company of bribing Ohio officials to secure a $1 billion bailout of a pair of nuclear plants. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:54:47 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429127?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429127 The new chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday said he plans to nominate leaders of prediction market platforms including Polymarket to serve as charter members of a new advisory committee, a day after congressional Democrats pressed him to respond to manipulation threats in the event contract markets. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:39:58 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428930?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428930 BitGo is looking to raise roughly $189 million in an upcoming public offering steered by Fenwick & West LLP, the cryptocurrency custodian said Monday. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:35:22 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429331 A recruited financial adviser's changes of heart during a carefully structured transition to Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC caused repeated delays and internal frustrations, eventually leading Prime to file a regulatory license in his name before he resigned from his old job, Prime's chief growth officer testified Monday. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:28:50 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429353 Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., said Monday that he's delaying a markup on a forthcoming crypto market structure proposal to the end of the month to accommodate further bipartisan negotiations, while the Senate Banking Committee said it still intends to hold its own markup.  Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:55:38 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2427666?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2427666 Native American tribes' response to the expansion of sports-based prediction markets enters a decisive phase this year, with appellate courts positioned to address whether federal commodities law permits nationwide offering of sports-based event contracts free from state and tribal gaming regulation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:53:59 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429267?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429267 An advising firm has sued Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. in Massachusetts state court, claiming the real estate investment trust is dodging its obligation to pay the adviser for helping the firm land a $2.1 billion acquisition offer. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:22:45 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2421273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2421273 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Virtu Financial Inc. over alleged failures to safeguard customer data raises broader questions about how traditional enforcement frameworks may apply when material nonpublic information is embedded into artificial intelligence trading systems, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:58:41 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429257 Two former BigLaw attorneys, one of whom served as counsel to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, have joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as deputy directors of enforcement, the agency announced Monday. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:14:25 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428128?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428128 Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:47 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429089 Fenwick & West LLP has hired a longtime financial law-focused attorney in Washington, D.C., who is joining the capital markets and public companies practice as a counsel after more than 17 years with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:16:29 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2429031?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2429031 The Delaware Chancery Court closed out the week with developments ranging from leadership changes in a $13 billion take-private case and posttrial sparring over a major earnout to fresh governance fights, revived fraud claims and sanctions tied to advancement rights. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:15:07 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428751?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428751 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday dropped an enforcement action accusing Rio Tinto PLC's former chief financial officer of violating accounting and auditing rules, bringing a close to long-running litigation the regulator launched against the mining giant in 2017. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:02:06 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428559?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428559 A coalition of business groups urged a Ninth Circuit panel Friday to preliminarily block new California laws requiring large companies to disclose financial risks tied to climate change, arguing the laws are unprecedented and violate the First Amendment, in part by being "completely untethered" to any product or transaction. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:01:36 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428583?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428583 Artificial intelligence can assist investment advisers with handling corporate proxy voting decisions, an official with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a speech decrying the proxy advisory landscape as dysfunctional. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:59:57 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428574?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428574 Cryptocurrency giant Coinbase and the derivative exchange KalshiEX LLC are not entitled to injunctions that would block Connecticut's enforcement of state gaming laws against their "unlicensed, unlawful sports wagers disguised as financial products," the state argued Friday in federal court. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:48:49 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428334 Two New York Stock Exchange affiliates have entered the fray over a new options exchange that it says could be given an "an unearned competitive advantage" if allowed to go live this year, urging the Eleventh Circuit to vacate the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission order that green-lit the exchange. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:30:36 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428699 The owners of the famous Manhattan eatery Carbone filed a trademark infringement suit in New York federal court Friday against Carbone Restaurant Group, which they say are collecting "pre-IPO" investments in a "Fast Fired By Carbone" pizza franchise by misleading the public into believing the two ventures are associated.  Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:49:59 +0000 /capitalmarkets/articles/2428503?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2428503 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is proposing to amend its chartering regulations to make clear that national trust companies can engage in nonfiduciary activities, potentially resolving an area of contention that banking industry advocates have raised as crypto-focused firms applied for trust charters.