Victoria Ferres and Sami Ben Dechiche joined Morgan Lewis as investment management partners in Dubai, the firm announced Monday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched a pilot program to allow the use of some digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ether and Circle’s USDC stablecoin, as collateral in derivatives markets, CFTC says in a statement, citing Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham.

Dollar Financial Group Inc. failed to protect the personal information of thousands of customers that was exposed in a November data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Nomura Asset Management Co. plans to relocate dozens of staff from its Tokyo headquarters to offices in cities such as London and New York to develop its homegrown talent for investment and sales operations.

A personal driver working for a hedge fund manager posed as an investment professional to convince three investors to let him manage their money, resulting in their combined losses of over $1 million, the SEC said.

A Black JPMorgan Chase customer will have to arbitrate her discrimination claims against the bank and its branch manager after a split federal appeals court found she’s bound by an arbitration agreement.