08/31/2015
French economy minister calls for full fiscal union in eurozone
Emmanuel Macron wants to "re-found the EU" and create a new economic government with control of its own budget
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/31/2015
Banking glitches are no surprise: the tech is 60 years old
Companies are in no rush to untangle themselves from six decades of Cobol programming
08/30/2015
Suspiciously rich could be ordered to surrender their wealth, Sir Eric Pickles says
Sir Eric, the Government's anti-corruption champion, said he was attracted to the 'simplicity' of "unexplained wealth orders" to force potential criminals to show where their wealth comes from.
08/30/2015
ESMA Publishes Discussion Paper on EMIR Standards Relating to CCP Client Accounts
The Discussion Paper addresses the fact that to date the EC has not deemed the United States to have a legal and supervisory regime for CCPs that is equivalent to that of the European Union.
08/30/2015
Guernsey QROPS Transfer Delay Complaint Rejected
The delay stopped the transfer because HM Revenue & Customs delisted the Guernsey QROPS he planned to receive his pension cash.
08/29/2015
Swiss repay Norwegian creditors after huge fraud
Swiss authorities will repay creditors around 700,000 francs in embezzled funds stashed in a Swiss bank account, in one of Norway's biggest-ever bankruptcies, prosecutors said this week.
08/28/2015
HSH Owners Said to Propose $11 Billion ‘Bad Bank’ Plan to EU
HSH bankers may continue to oversee the sale or winding down of the loans
08/28/2015
Ex-Currency Trader Sues HSBC as Unfair Dismissal Suits Grow
Sarramegna declined to comment on the suit when contacted by phone.
08/28/2015
Family Office: a brief guide to employing staff
This guide highlights the main points that you need to take into account. It is not, however, intended to be comprehensive and, in particular, there may be international issues to consider.
08/27/2015
UK Financial Conduct Authority Bears its Teeth by Robert Bell, Bryan Cave
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) was given powers to enforce competition law in the financial sector in April this year.
08/27/2015
Uncertainty for offshore financial centres?
One looming uncertainty is the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive passport.
08/27/2015
FCA told to look at complaints procedures
The FCA did not investigate, which initiated a complaint against the FCA.
08/26/2015
MPs to probe FCA and Treasury over pension freedoms advice
The oral evidence session will be part of an inquiry into pension freedoms advice and guidance launched by the Work and Pensions committee in July.
08/26/2015
International law firm expands Its Payments Practice in Europe
Currently has a global payments law infrastructure that spans several countries.
08/26/2015
Precious-Metals Trading Is Probed by EU After U.S. Inquiry
This is just another potential scandal where fines will suppress banks’ earnings, and rightly so
08/26/2015
Kreston Reeves adds to private client tax team
He has joined to help drive forward our award winning Private Client Tax service offering, with effect from 3 August 2015.
08/26/2015
Ashurst advises UniCredit Bank on granting of corporate loan to Heinz-Glas Group
The medium-term credit facilities serve to refinance existing liabilities and to finance working capital needs.
08/26/2015
Barclays 'dark pool' lawsuit thrown out by judge
Bank wins major legal victory but still faces similar claims from New York Attorney General
08/25/2015
Intermediaries reveal ‘porting’ difficulties
The MMR means lenders must treat every mortgage sale as advised and are tasked with conducting more thorough affordability assessments, including where existing borrowers move to new terms.
08/25/2015
Italy adds to patchwork approach on senior debt
The Italian approach … elevates the ranking of large corporate customer deposits above the other senior claims