02/16/2021
Adviser buys legal firm in conveyancing move
"Julian and the team have a strong track record of unparalleled expertise and guidance in this space in addition to a quality client following."
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
02/16/2021
UK Issues Draft Rules to Promote Trust in Digital Identity
“They are set to revolutionise transactions such as buying a house, when people are often required to prove their identity multiple times to a bank, conveyancer or estate agent, and buying age-restricted goods online or in person.”
02/16/2021
FCA and adviser in £200k authorisation spat
The adviser told the commissioner they had been authorised between 2001 and 2018 when holding controlled function positions at their own firm.
02/16/2021
UK government consults on carbon capture usage and storage projects
The government has outlined a two-phase process in order to allocate CCUS programme support, and a proposed timeline for the process.
02/16/2021
The State of Financial Crime 2021
Technology, regulation, and the future of financial crime compliance
02/16/2021
The Secret Luxembourg Base of Italy’s ’Ndrangheta Mafia
The intensely hierarchical and clannish ’Ndrangheta have fanned out across the world from their home base in southern Italy, often using family-based chain migration to get footholds in new markets.
02/16/2021
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
Covid-19: BoE releases scenario for banks and building societies not part of concurrent stress testing
02/16/2021
Portugal postpones golden visa restrictions
In a bid to maintain the considerable ‘investment it has seen since the introduction of the scheme’
02/16/2021
Five legal and regulatory trends to watch out for in 2021
Mattias Hedwall, head of Baker McKenzie’s global international commercial and trade group, identifies the legal and regulatory themes that will dominate the rest of 2021.
02/16/2021
CISI launches anti-money laundering partnership with Qatari regulator
Its launch will confirm Qatar as the first country in the Middle East to implement a country wide, digital, AML/CFT assessment, with a unique reporting function, as part of QFMA efforts to combat the causes of financial crime in the Qatar capital market.
02/16/2021
ZEDRA continues UK expansion with acquisition of Inside Pensions Ltd
The acquisition will increase ZEDRA’s presence in the UK market
02/16/2021
ePrivacy Regulation: EU Member States Agree on a Position
The planned update of the current ePrivacy directive will be in the form of a regulation which will be directly applicable in all EU Member States
02/16/2021
Carey Olsen advises Epiris and James Hay Holdings on Nucleus Financial Group acquisition
Epiris Fund II (Fund II) has owned James Hay since 2019 when it bought the business as part of its acquisition of IFG Group plc.
02/16/2021
FCA takes alleged insider dealing brothers to court
The FCA said the brothers had made a profit of about £142,000 from the alleged insider dealing.
02/15/2021
Employers: can you inoculate against racism?
The Court considered it legitimate to reflect on not only what steps had been taken by the employer but also how effective those steps were likely to be when they were taken and, in appropriate circumstances, how effective they proved to be in practice.
02/15/2021
The moment of danger for Europe will be when the recovery starts
EU leaders can learn from US president Joe Biden and go for bold fiscal support measures
02/15/2021
Leeds and London set to become global centres of green finance
Britain leads research initiative to put climate and environment at the heart of UK financial decision making.
02/15/2021
DNB Says Authorities Have Ended Probe Into Money-Laundering Allegations
Okokrim, launched a probe in November 2019 following a WikiLeaks data dump and subsequent allegations made in Icelandic media.
02/15/2021
Globally Mobile Employees – UK and EU Social Security Update
The new arrangements for multi-state workers and detached workers posted for up to two years are now in effect.
02/15/2021
Norway wealth fund tells firms: put more women on your boards
“We may phrase it politely, but it is pretty clear what we think,” Chief Executive Nicolai Tangen said in an interview.