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Carry that has vested can be unvested if someone goes to a competitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

“Courts have long recognized that ‘Congress has vested the SEC with broad authority to conduct investigations into possible violations of federal securities laws and to demand production of evidence relevant to such investigations,’” Armstrong wrote.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2022

“Courts have long recognized that ‘congress has vested the SEC with broad authority to conduct investigations into possible violations of federal securities laws and to demand production of evidence relevant to such investigations,’” Armstrong wrote.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

The tribe has vested special hopes in persuading Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary, to intervene.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

It is useless to lament this tendency, because lamentations will not stop it, and the reform bill has vested power in classes who, for good or for evil, will work it out.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various