08/09/2016
Given the distractions of the summer holiday season and the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, it would be understandable if other developments slipped off the radar.
08/08/2016
Life insurance companies in a fix over the provision of claims
08/08/2016
Following on from its work with cash equities, the working group assessed a number of different asset classes and how variations in workflow can create issues.
08/08/2016
Black Country law firm boosts private client team
Has strengthened its employment and private client teams.
08/08/2016
A Greek lawyer will run in the marathon at the Rio Olympics this month having qualified without realising.
08/08/2016
Profit per equity partner was flat at £490,000, while total remuneration to all classes of partner was £32.3m, down by 17 per cent from £39m.
08/06/2016
Alternative Banking Regime in the Isle of Man
08/05/2016
The FCA has published minutes from the MiFID II implementation roundtable held on 26 May 2016. Items discussed at the meeting include:
08/04/2016
Germany’s private placement rules for funds will change again.
08/04/2016
When the global elite decide to split, they come to London, where they call on the services of our premier-league female divorce lawyers.
08/04/2016
FINRA rules require firms to transmit to OATS complete and accurate data relating to events in the lifecycle of an order, called Reportable Order Events. FINRA found 15 system issues at Barclays Capital that gave rise to OATS reporting violations.
08/04/2016
Its underlying thesis is that all parties must not only comply with their own obligations, but must also be aware of what is happening up and down the chain, and receive and pass on more information and data.
08/03/2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it intends to consult in autumn 2016 to update the methodology used to calculate the levels of redress due in cases of unsuitable advice on transfers from defined benefit (DB) occupational pen
08/03/2016
This alert highlights some of the risks arising from authorised firms accepting business from unauthorised introducers/lead generators and/or other authorised firms (the ‘introducer’).
08/03/2016
The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Criminal Sanctions (Market Abuse) Directive (CSMAD) came into application in Europe on 3 July. MAR applies in the UK. CSMAD does not, although it will have a considerable indirect impact.
08/03/2016
The SRB was established at the start of 2016 with the role of winding up failed Eurozone banks as the key decision making body within the EU's Single Resolution Mechanism.
08/02/2016
These Australian relief provisions currently exempt UK and German managers from the requirement to hold an Australian licence to market funds to Australian investors in certain circumstances.
08/02/2016
The directive is designed to police everything from trading venues to commission payments in a bid to protect investors.
08/02/2016
This correlates with the national picture, which sees professional criminal perpetrators increasing the amount of cash they acquire by unlawful means.
08/02/2016
The acquisition is the second at Canary Wharf by HNA, which purchased the ten-storey building at 30 South Colonnade – the home of Thomson Reuters – last year.