No Claim Required
SIFMA Ops 2026: The Growing Operational Risk in No-Claim and Direct Payment Recoveries
Earlier this month at SIFMA Ops, Emily Fortin, Director of Product Strategy at FRT, and Jatan Pathak, Head of Data Managed Services, Corporate Actions at S&P Global Market Intelligence, shared their insights on an operational risk that's been growing in...
Governance & Regulations
Investors Shouldn’t Lose Sleep Over Semiannual Reporting
On May 5, 2026, the SEC proposed amendments to give public companies the option to file one semiannual report, on a new Form 10-S, rather than three quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Companies would still be required to report annual results, but would have the...
FRT Insights
FRT’s 2026 Class Action Intelligence Report
The shareholder recovery landscape is dynamic. Staying ahead of the latest regulatory and legal developments changes requires an understanding of how the plaintiff bar, regulators, and administrators operate – and how their work shapes recovery...
FRT Insights
[Session Recap] 5 Ways the Shareholder Class Action Market Evolved in 2025
From geopolitical uncertainty to rapid advances in AI, macro forces continued to shape global equity markets in 2025.
Against this backdrop, securities class actions remained an essential tool for protecting shareholder interests and recouping losses. As...
US Settled
Securities Class Action Roundup: Top Settlements & Disbursements (Q4, 2025)
A $126 million distribution to Alta Mesa Resources investors - touted by Robbins Geller as the largest SPAC-related recovery ever - highlighted new securities class action activity in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Collectively, investors recouped more than...
Investment Operations
No Claim Form, No Problem: Managing Atypical Class Action Distributions
When investors are harmed by securities fraud, they normally receive a class action settlement notice that provides case details and instructions for submitting a claim. But what happens when a case has no claim form?
No Claim Form (NCF) cases are...
FRT Insights
[Session Recap] How BlackRock Navigates Class Action Payments & Oversight
In the U.S. and Canada alone, investors have recovered nearly $4 billion from securities class actions in 2025. However, the financial and fiduciary stakes of ensuring shareholders receive funds owed from settled cases are just as significant.
The...
