07/29/2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority said this week: “These are complex products and although it may be difficult for the majority of retail investors to understand the risks involved, they are widely advertised to the retail mass market by
07/29/2016
And their mood has not been helped by the latest slide in oil prices, which has left them just a whisker away from a new bear market.
07/29/2016
In this quarter's edition of the Wealth Finance Brief we have taken the opportunity to consider a variety of legal issues and recent developments which we hope will be of interest to lenders in the private wealth sector.
07/29/2016
The interview requests come after Barclays handed over about 100,000 internal documents to the SFO from the Qatar deal earlier this year
07/29/2016
One recurring source of pressure has been Theresa May’s long-held enmity towards the SFO, and her desire to incorporate it within the National Crime Agency
07/28/2016
ESMA outlined what it believes to be the benefits of blockchain technology.
07/28/2016
The group published ten recommendations, including publishing the multiple of bosses' pay to their workforces.
07/28/2016
Financial institutions have a choice to either set up a branch or provide services on a cross-border basis.
07/28/2016
David Davis and Michel Barnier — the lead negotiators on Britain’s EU exit — first clashed 20 years ago
07/27/2016
An equivalent regulatory regime to Mifid II may not suffice in certain areas lawyer
07/27/2016
A joint statement said the agreement, which the Vatican had lobbied hard to win, "aimed at enhancing the exchange of information in the field of financial supervision, on the basis of reciprocity".
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.