10/05/2018
ESMA updates AIFMD Q&As test
The purpose of this Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the AIFMD and its implementing measures.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/05/2018
Pension fund manager accused of stealing £1m to buy house
He is said to have moved the cash into overseas bank accounts and then back into the UK
10/05/2018
ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR market structure and transparency topics test
ESMA will continue to develop these Q&As in the coming months and will review and update them where required.
10/05/2018
First Tower Trustees v CDS – English Court of Appeal finds trustees personally liable under statute
The misrepresentation finding was not challenged on appeal.
10/05/2018
Commerzbank employee wins London sex and maternity discrimination case
Compliance officer said large parts of her job were given away while on maternity leave
10/04/2018
Banker's wife may lose property worth millions after UK court ruling
Failure by ‘Mrs A’ to explain source of wealth could result in civil proceedings to seize it
10/04/2018
The state of implementation of MIFID II and preparing for Brexit
WFE Annual Meeting 2018 - Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, Greece
10/04/2018
ESMA withdraws MiFID automated trading guidelines following their incorporation into MiFID II
Following the entry into force of MiFID II on 3 January 2018, ESMA has reviewed the guidelines in order to establish whether, in the context of the new legislative framework, they need to be amended or repealed.
10/04/2018
Challenge to very first unexplained wealth order dismissed
UK’s National Crime Agency investigating properties worth £22m in south-east England
10/04/2018
Russian Billionaire Accuses Sotheby’s of Price Inflation in a $380 Million Suit
The businessman sought all documents related to the value of the works bought or sold in a transaction involving Sotheby’s and Bouvier
10/04/2018
Global Financial Institutions Fined $26 Billion for AML, Sanctions & KYC Non-Compliance Since 2008 Financial Crisis
Over the past ten years, regulators across the US, Europe, APAC and the Middle East have levied nearly $26 billion dollars in financial penalties against financial institutions for AML/KYC and sanctions-related violations.
10/04/2018
Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee
Data have been provided for a total of 206 banks, including 111 large internationally active banks.
10/03/2018
Mifid II bites: Small brokers in danger of getting picked off
Losses at Arden Partners doubled in the six months to May to £2.3 million, with WH Ireland also reporting a second year of losses in July.
10/02/2018
City job cuts loom as Bakers puts 300-plus business staff under consultation in efficiency drive
Support roles in the City are under threat again as Baker McKenzie has launched a review of its entire London professional and business services (PBS) staff, estimated to include around 350 people. Kicking off at the end of this month as part of the firm
10/02/2018
Maples Group Further Expands Legal Service Offering to Include Luxembourg
The Maples group is now able to provide a comprehensive range of legal, fiduciary and administration services from Luxembourg, which is complemented by the group's offering from its locations within other key international financial centres.
10/02/2018
ESMA Letter to European Commission on MIFID II/MIFIR Third-Country Regimes
The letter is a follow-up to an earlier letter concerning some MIFID II/MIFIR requirements regarding trading venues.
10/02/2018
Advisers warned to cut charges to 1% under Mifid
The problem is the costs for our clients is our income so that's a difficult decision but there is a lot of pressure on margins because clients know what they are paying and it is becoming transparent.
10/01/2018
You must face consequences, UBS’s ex-boss Oswald Grübel tells Kweku Adoboli
He got a trial and it’s very clear from the trial that he defrauded the bank on purpose and with intelligence.
10/01/2018
HSBC to face calls to 'quit Malta' as MEPs threaten campaign against UK's biggest lender
Malta’s financial services authority, the MFSA, has been under pressure from Brussels in recent months after a European Banking Authority report found “general and systematic shortcomings” in how Malta applies money-laundering rules.
10/01/2018
German regulator worried by banks' loose lending standards - Handelsblatt
His warning came after Germany's leading economic institutes cut their forecast for economic growth this year to 1.7 percent and warned that an escalation of trade frictions involving the United States could cause a major recession.