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Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Navigating PE Realization and Structuring Products for Wealthy Individuals with Hg Capital

In this episode, we’re joined by Steven Batchelor and Martina Sanow of Hg Capital, one of the largest and most successful private equity firms in the world. Specializing in technology, financial services software, and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Event] Medical Device Digital Health Conference - June 13th - 14th, San Francisco, CA

Wilson Sonsini’s 31st Annual Medical Device & Digital Health Conference will address topics of critical importance to medical device and digital health companies, including early and late-stage venture financing, partnering...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Texas Federal Judge: DOL ESG Investing Rule Does Not Violate ERISA

On September 21, 2023, a Texas federal court dismissed an action commenced by more than two dozen Republican state attorneys general challenging a 2022 Department of Labor (DOL) Rule that addressed consideration of ESG...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

American Airlines Moves to Dismiss Suit Challenging Inclusion of ESG Funds in Retirement Plan

In August 2023, American Airlines, Inc. moved to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed against the airline for allegedly jeopardizing employees’ retirement savings by investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG)...more

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Michigan Court Dismisses ERISA Class-Action

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Fiduciaries of 401(k) and other retirement plans continue to be targeted by class action lawsuits brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenging fiduciary decisions regarding investment options...more

Nossaman LLP

Federal Court Rejects States’ Challenge to DOL’s ESG Investing Rule

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On September 21, 2023, a federal judge in Texas granted summary judgment in, and thus dismissed, a lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 25 states and other interested parties challenging a final rule issued by the U.S....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The Critical Importance of an Effective Investment Policy Statement

Introduction- An IPS is an integral policy document for any organization to reduce corporate cash management and investment risks. It outlines an entity's cash management processes and strategies, and its investment goals....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Republicans Reintroduce House Bill to Limit ESG Considerations in Retirement Investing

On June 21, two Republican members of Congress renewed efforts to enact legislation that arguably would restrict investment managers from taking into account ESG considerations in investing on behalf of retirement funds. U.S....more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 11: Creating an Investor-First Culture with Neuberger Berman’s Susan Kasser

This week on Private Market Talks, Neuberger Berman’s Susan Kasser discusses the specific values at the core of building a top-tier private debt group as well as each investment decision. She also talks about the three “C’s”...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

From Operator to Investor: How One General Partner Selects Her Investment Vehicles

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In this episode of “Crypto Innovators,” Lowenstein Crypto’s Frank Eucalitto speaks with Aubrie Pagano, general partner at Alpaca VC, about her journey from operator to investor. Pagano discusses how her lived experience as a...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Hybrid Event] Overview of SAFE Investments - July 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

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Please join us for our new quarterly Technology Series webinar where the Vinson & Elkins team will be giving an overview of SAFE investments....more

Jones Day

Congressional Republicans and State Attorneys General Challenge Biden Administration's ESG 401(k) Rule

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Republicans at the state and federal levels are challenging a Biden administration rule (the "Rule") intended to walk back Trump-era regulations restricting the ability of retirement fund managers to consider climate change...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

99 Cents Stores To Fork More Than A Dollar in 401(k) lawsuit

99 Cents Only Stores have come to terms with an excessive fee suit involving their 401(k) plan for about $749,901.01 more than their name. 99 Cents Only was sued for 1) for breach of fiduciary duties of prudence and...more

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Federal Court Dismisses Case Alleging Breach of ERISA Fiduciary Duties in 401(k) Class Action

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Fiduciaries of retirement plans continue to be plagued by class actions brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenging their fiduciary management of investment options and participant fees. A...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Coalition pushes against ESG funds

19 states, led by Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, signed an open letter declaring their opposition to the use of environmental, social, and governance factors (ESG) in government investing and outlined legislative...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Biden vetoes ESG proposal overturn

If your Department of Labor (DOL) proposes a rule, as President, you’re not likely to throw them under the bus and overrule them. In a move that surprised no one, President Joe Biden used his first veto to preserve a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Plan errors are more likely than fiduciary breaches

If you read my writings, you know that fiduciary liability is one of the plan sponsor’s more important concerns as a plan fiduciary. Since participant-directed plans under ERISA §404(c) are supposed to limit a plan sponsor’s...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 4: Market on the Move with Bain Capital Credit's Mike Ewald

As private credit lenders move up market, Mike Ewald, partner at Bain Capital Credit, joins the Private Market Talks podcast to discuss how big the market might get, when – and if – the syndicated market comes back, and what...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

How an Investor Can Lose More Than Just Their Investment

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When evaluating an investment opportunity, a would-be investor’s risk analysis is usually limited to the potential loss of principal and related opportunity costs of the investment. But substantial investments in startups or...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 2: Driving Alpha with AB Private Credit Investors’ Brent Humphries

In this installment of Private Market Talks, Brent Humphries, President and Founding Member of AB Private Credit Investors, speaks with us from his home in Austin, Texas. Over the course of the episode, Brent shares his...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 1: Navigating Headwinds in Private Credit with KKR’s Dan Pietrzak

In the first episode of Private Market Talks, host Peter Antoszyk sits down with Dan Pietrzak, co-head of Private Credit at KKR. Peter and Dan talk about their journeys in private credit, the importance of culture in building...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Warns of Adverse Consequences From “Anti-ESG” Bills

Earlier this month, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) urged legislators to reject key aspects of “anti-ESG” bills introduced in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. Both bills are designed, in...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Upcoming SEC Open Meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission will host an open meeting on March 22, 2023 at 10 a.m, which will be open to the public via webcast on the SEC website.  The Division of Investment Management will present on Enhancing...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Senator wants crypto option, good luck

As Bitcoin starts inching back up, I’m in the black again and expect more clamor for crypto options in 401(k) plans. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, reintroduced legislation to create a law, the Financial Freedom Act...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

President Biden Expected to Issue First Veto to Preserve DOL ESG Investment Rule

President Biden will likely issue the first veto of his presidency after Congress passed a measure that would repeal a Department of Labor rule that allows retirement plan fiduciaries to consider ESG-related factors in...more

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