Morgan Stanley fired an employee in its wealth management group who had stolen client data and posted some of it online. The theft affected up to 10% — 350,000 — of the firm's 3.5 million wirehouse clients.
'Upside outweighs downside,' according to RCAP analyst; debt downgrade result of resignations
Cash and stock deal values the firm, with about 450 independent reps and advisers, at 39.4%, lower than other recent deals.
Mr. Khuzami, who is now a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has signed on as Mr. Kay's attorney in the defense of a complaint filed in December.
A blockbuster lawsuit alleging misconduct by Nicholas Schorsch is one of many issues confronting his vast real estate empire.
Amid <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141218/FREE/141219906/schorsch-accused-of-manipulating-arcp-books-suit target="_blank">allegations that Nicholas Schorsch ordered underlings to alter financial records</a>, the Massachusetts regulator expands probe to include American Realty Capital Properties.
Investors in a nontraded REIT launched by Tony Thompson, the one-time noted real estate sponsor, were told last week that the net asset value of the REIT had eroded by nearly 30%.
Industry "floored" by allegation that REIT czar had hand in $23 million accounting error at American Realty Capital Properties.
Up to $13.6 billion in fresh equity expected to flow from listings, mergers and special distributions.
Comes on heels of another $200,000 penalty last year for missing a stock-fraud scheme
