Investment Officers
SEC Probing Banks, Companies Involved in Complex Bond Deals: WSJ Report
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into the increasing number of complex bond deals on Wall Street that may create new opportunities for fraud, the Wall Street ...Apollo’s Insurer Athene Looks to Raise $1 Billion for Acquisitions
Athene Holding Ltd., the insurer controlled by Leon Black's Apollo Global Management LLC, doubled its capital-raising goal to $1 billion to add funds for acquisitions. The insurer plans to finalize ...
Damage Control Underway at Allianz’s PIMCO
In mid-February, a group of current and former PIMCO employees were invited to a private farewell party for Mohamed El-Erian on March 10, to mark his impending departure as chief executive of the ...
New York Grabs ‘Shaky’ Lead Over London As Top Financial Center
New York replaced London as the world's leading financial center for the first time, after the City was rocked by a series of scandals and questions over the U.K.'s place in the European Union. New ...
U.S. Investors Closely Monitoring Allianz’s PIMCO
Several U.S. institutional investors said they are closely monitoring the developments at PIMCO, the world's largest bond firm, in the wake of Mohamed El-Erian's abrupt resignation as CEO and ensuing ...
Company Mergers in U.S. Ignore 60-Day ‘Cooling Off’ Period: Reuters
Sometime soon, maybe in the next month or so, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the creation of the world's biggest passenger airline, as envisioned by two companies and the U.S. Justice ...
China Likely to Turn to Insurers, Pension Funds for Private Capital
As China embarks on a new wave of opening up state-dominated industries to private capital, foreign firms will largely be kept out and authorities are likely to look to institutions like domestic ...
Supreme Court Justices Grapple with Rules for Class Actions
U.S. Supreme Court justices sought a middle ground to preserve class-action shareholder lawsuits as they heard a case testing the legal rules that have fostered thousands of cases over the past ...