65% of settlement funds go unclaimed. Which ones did your firm miss?
Every settlement, Fair Fund, antitrust and global case that paid in 2025, ranked, with what changes in 2026. Built on FRT’s proprietary settlement database.
- Top 2025 settlements and distributions, ranked
- The documentation administrators now reject, and why
- Which non-US jurisdictions paid, and which to avoid
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Three findings from the report. The rest is in the download.
- New securities suits fell about 10% in 2025, yet 2026 already has 10 settlements over $100 million in its first six months.
- AI-related suits rose for the third year running, and crypto filings are back to double digits. The case mix is changing.
- Roughly half of all filed suits are dismissed early. The report shows which survivors actually paid, and how much.
- The top 10 settlements and distributions of 2025, ranked, with per-share figures.
- The non-US jurisdictions that paid, and the participation-risk calls behind each one.
- What administrators now require to pay a claim, and the deficiency trends that got 1 in 3 manual claims rejected.
What you walk away with
Know what your program missed
Compare a full year of recoveries against what your current provider filed. Most gaps sit in global opt-in, passive and antitrust cases.
Stop losing claims to paperwork
1 in 3 manually filed claims is dismissed before settlement. See exactly what administrators now require so yours pay out.
Walk into 2026 with the pipeline
Which cases are moving toward settlement, which jurisdictions are opening up, and where the money is.
Written for the people who own the recovery program
Asset managers and asset owners
Benchmark coverage across US, global and antitrust cases, and show fiduciary oversight with data.
Hedge funds
Active trading means more eligible positions and more missed claims. See which 2025 cases paid on short holding periods.
Custodians and wealth managers
Understand what your clients’ claims need to pay out, and where a recovery program becomes a client-retention tool.
What a typical program captures vs. what paid in 2025
| Typical in-house or generalist program | Covered in the report | |
|---|---|---|
| US securities settlements | Filed, often with deficiency rejections | Ranked, with what administrators now require |
| SEC Fair Funds | Frequently missed | Every 2025 distribution |
| Global opt-in and passive | Rarely monitored | Jurisdiction by jurisdiction, with risk notes |
| Antitrust and non-standard | Not tracked | Rate-fixing, bankruptcy and other recoveries |
| 2026 pipeline | Reactive | The cases to have on the radar now |
Why firms move to FRT, in their own words
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What readers ask first
Is the report free?
Yes. It is written for institutional investors and their service providers.
Where does the data come from?
FRT maintains a proprietary settlement database that tracks material shareholder recovery opportunities across relevant jurisdictions. The analysis is FRT’s own.
Will I get a sales call?
No. Downloading adds you to FRT’s quarterly newsletter. If you want to talk, there is a contact link on every page.
Who is FRT?
Financial Recovery Technologies, founded in 2008, provides class action monitoring, filing and recovery for 2,500+ institutions, including 3 of the top 5 global asset managers. It does one thing: class action recovery.
We already have a provider. Is this still useful?
That is the main use. Check a full year of recoveries against what your provider actually filed, including the global opt-in, passive and antitrust cases most programs leave out.
Every unclaimed settlement is money that belonged to your investors.
2026 already has 10 settlements over $100 million. See which 2025 cases paid, check them against your program, and go into the next deadline knowing.
Free for institutional investors. Opens instantly. No sales call.