Wolf Popper’s attorney-led Portfolio Monitoring Services are designed to help fiduciaries stay informed about developments affecting their holdings, evaluate potential legal claims, and make sound decisions grounded in fiduciary principles.
Our services support institutional investors and professionals responsible for overseeing investment assets, including:
Trustees and fiduciaries
Pension and retirement system managers
Investment managers and advisors
Endowment and foundation administrators
Hedge, mutual, and other fund managers
Investment consultants and OCIOs
Whether your responsibilities are governed by ERISA, state fiduciary standards, or internal investment policy, portfolio monitoring helps fulfill the duty of prudence and oversight.
Wolf Popper actively tracks significant developments that may affect our clients’ portfolio holdings. We monitor:
Securities litigation and regulatory actions
Settlements and case filings
Government investigations
Accounting restatements involving public companies
Insider trading activity
Corporate governance events
Abnormal stock activity and short selling patterns
Our attorneys analyze these developments to assess whether a potential legal claim may exist. When warranted, we conduct further investigation using a range of traditional and non-traditional research methods (1). Our investigative team includes:
Attorneys experienced in securities and corporate governance matters
Former Wall Street professionals dedicated full time to monitoring and investigations
We provide regular updates to keep fiduciaries, trustees, and investment teams apprised of matters where they may have a significant financial interest or a decision to consider. Updates may include:
Early alerts about potential claims
Analysis of legal theories and recovery potential
Information on class or non-U.S. actions relevant to your holdings
Corporate governance issues that may merit attention
Our goal is to provide the information needed to support informed decision-making and ongoing oversight. We also alert clients to governance issues. See our Corporate Governance Support for Investors page for more.
Should your plan, fund, or system wish to pursue a legal claim, Wolf Popper is fully equipped to assist. While most monitoring clients choose to receive guidance only, we can represent your interests in litigation if you elect to proceed.
We stay engaged throughout the lifecycle of a case—communicating with lead counsel when appropriate, reviewing settlements, and confirming that your transactions are treated fairly in any plan of allocation.
Please note: Participation in our Portfolio Monitoring Services does not obligate you to retain Wolf Popper for litigation.
Many institutional investors miss eligible settlement compensation due to lack of notice or administrative obstacles. Wolf Popper monitors settlements for which our clients may have claims and helps ensure that they do not leave recoveries unclaimed.
We assist with the claims process to help ensure that eligible funds are received—often amounting to tens of thousands of dollars or more annually that might otherwise go uncollected.
Wolf Popper LLP is a nationally recognized securities litigation firm with more than seventy-five years of experience representing investors in federal and state securities actions across the United States. Our work has resulted in billions of dollars recovered for shareholders and decisions that have advanced investor protections.
Courts throughout the country have commended our representation as “extraordinary” and “highly expert,”(2) citing our thorough research, strategic approach, and success under the stringent standards of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). Read more about our experience supporting institutional investors across the United States and abroad.
If your institution would like to learn more about Wolf Popper’s Portfolio Oversight & Support services or discuss how we can assist in fulfilling your fiduciary responsibilities, please contact us. Our team can provide additional information, answer questions, or schedule a consultation to explore how our monitoring and governance support can benefit your organization.
[1] In In re World Access, Inc. Securities Litigation, 1:99-cv-42-ODE (N.D. Ga.), our detailed investigation resulted in the first ever securities class action complaint upheld by an Atlanta judge who had dismissed all 18 prior securities class actions assigned to her. See 119 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (2000). In In re Cyber-Care Securities Litigation, 00-8404-CIV-RYSKAMP/VITUNAC (S.D. Fla.), we retained a private investigator to contact the corporation’s purported customers to obtain detailed information that was the basis for the fraud complaint that was sustained in all respects over defendants’ motion to dismiss.
[2] See the selected Judicial Commentary on the Firm.