12/22/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
12/22/2017
Bank compliance-cost explosion will abate in 2018
Two large outstanding pieces of the regulatory jigsaw should fall into place
12/22/2017
Coutts to compensate Sipp investor over poor advice
I appreciate any past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance and that there were no guarantees given.
12/21/2017
PRA approach to the authorisation and supervision of international banks, insurers and CCPs
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced that it is consulting on its approach to the authorisation and supervision of international banks, insurers and central counterparties (CCPs) as the UK redefines its relationship with the EU.
12/21/2017
Fund Manager Sues U.S. Law Firm for Fraud Over Carbon-Tax Advice
The London office of McDermott provided tax advice to Gorton from 2004, and advised him to invest in a series of companies that created and traded carbon credits
12/21/2017
Central Bank fines BCP Asset Management €210,000 for breaches of rules
Since the Central Bank investigation, the company has taken all necessary steps to rectify the breaches identified.
12/21/2017
Latest IRHP Mis-Selling Judgment Confirms No "Mezzanine" Duty of Care Owed by Banks
The court rejected these arguments and in particular found that the main factual obstacle for Marz on this issue was that the Alternative Arrangement did not comply with the hedging condition
12/20/2017
UK FCA Notes LSE Shareholders' Vote To Keep Chairman Donald Brydon
A total of 21% of shareholders, or 56.2 million, voted in favour of the proposal.
12/20/2017
Hedge Fund Loses Bid to Block Quant Fraudster's Deportation
Xu, a University of Cambridge math graduate who had worked at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., was employed at Trenchant between 2012 and 2014.
12/20/2017
FCA statement on EU withdrawal
The final nature of any implementation period is yet to be agreed
12/20/2017
KPMG tax evasion search warrants ruled unlawful
The four executives challenged to the legality of the process to obtain warrants to search their premises.
12/20/2017
FCA secures High Court orders against unlawful FX investment scheme
Mr Bhandari will be sentenced in late January 2018, and was remanded in custody until that time.
12/20/2017
U.K. Court Freezes Assets of Ex-Owners of Ukraine's Top Bank
Privatbank alleges former chiefs used shell firms in fraud
12/19/2017
Brexit: EU says no special deal for UK's financial services industry
While Britain can negotiate trade deals with other countries during the transition, they cannot enter into force until the period is over, probably in 2021
12/19/2017
Landmark change as Government says pension trustees must state policy on ESG risks
The Law Commission report called for the FCA to impose broadly similar requirements on contract-based schemes.
12/19/2017
HMT: responses to consultation on anti-money laundering supervisory review
HM Treasury (HMT) has published responses which were submitted in relation to its consultation entitled "Anti-money laundering supervisory review".
12/19/2017
Transfer pricing earthquake in Hungary – Part I
If the Hungarian entity is obliged for only data supply abou the riporting entity, the first year in sope is 2016.
12/19/2017
Offshore firm at centre of Paradise Papers expose suing The Guardian, BBC
It has sought damages for the disclosure of what it said were confidential legal documents
12/19/2017
Expat football mogul case shows limits of HMRC power
A football entrepreneur and Dubai resident, who rejected HM Revenue & Customs demands for information, has won a court case against the UK taxman
12/19/2017
Fugitive in Malta Falcon Funds pension bust arrested in London
Mystery trader Emil Amir Ingmanson was arrested in connection with investigations into Falcon Funds, which was once run from Malta