07/27/2016
One major concern for UK regulated financial service providers is the ongoing uncertainty in relation to the continuation of the financial services passporting regime currently enjoyed by UK RFSPs throughout the EU/EEA.
07/27/2016
The new company law regime in Ireland, introduced under the Act has been in force for just over a year
07/27/2016
"I found it not only unfair, but entirely unreasonable and deeply offensive."
07/27/2016
The LIA argues the bank took advantage of its financial naivety by first gaining its trust, then encouraging it to make risky and ultimately worthless investments.
07/26/2016
Special-purpose vehicles are used by financial firms to facilitate tax avoidance
07/26/2016
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank look as vulnerable as some of the Italian lenders
07/26/2016
Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, must stand trial over accusations of negligence during her time as French finance minister, France’s highest appeals court ruled last week.
07/26/2016
This is in the context of the Enterprise Bill, currently going through Parliament, which may mean the FCA has to have the costs of any changes to its regulation verified by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.
07/26/2016
The central EU position is not to grant this without the free movement of people.
07/26/2016
Baker & McKenzie has added two partners in Germany to expand its energy and M&A practices.
07/26/2016
The final report is due to be published tomorrow after an interim report that lambasted current executive pay practices as “broken” and “not fit for purpose” was released three months ago.
07/26/2016
Both The Times and the Daily Mail report that senior Whitehall officials in the government's "policy unit" have been told to draw up plans to tackle abuses of the tax system, perhaps in time to be unveiled at the Conservative Party conferen
07/26/2016
Switzerland said it plans to give information to U.S. tax authorities about accounts at HSBC Holdings Plc's Swiss private bank, as part of a U.S. investigation into tax evasion.
07/25/2016
Will the UK's own divorce from the European Union - ending a "marriage" going back to 1973 - affect divorces at the personal level for those with cross-border financial interests at stake?
07/25/2016
Diplomats working on deal to give Theresa May greater concessions than those won by David Cameron, despite French doubts
07/25/2016
Withdrawing their licences to operate in the US could spark financial calamity.
07/25/2016
ESMA found certain senior analysts in Fitch transmitted information about upcoming rating actions on sovereign ratings to certain senior persons in a parent company of Fitch before it was made public
07/25/2016
Guernsey to be evaluated as a trusted jurisdiction that continues to provide a stable and competitive environment for business.
07/25/2016
This leads naturally to the question of what we should expect in August.
07/25/2016
A clearing house is a counterparty that sits in the middle of a transaction between buyer and seller with the aim of reducing risk.