03/14/2014
Rogue bankers and their bosses face six years bonus clawbacks
Rogue bankers and their bosses will have to hand back bonuses up to six years after they have been paid, under tough new Bank of England proposals designed to curb City excesses.
03/13/2014
Global specialist law firm expands Financial Services Group
He has been particularly involved in advising upon the impact of the AIFMD. He is ranked as a leading lawyer for investment funds by both Chambers Global and The Legal 500.
03/13/2014
Bank capital ratios have increased steadily since the financial crisis.
03/13/2014
With that signing, Bermuda has signed MOUs with 27 European member states
03/13/2014
The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority, Steven Maijoor, outlines to AsianInvestor his views on the effect of rules such as AIFMD on non-EU jurisdictions.
03/13/2014
Brewin Dolphin is suing Charles Stanley and former members of staff for conspiring to poach a total of 18 employees to set up a base in Leicester.
03/13/2014
Boiler room operations usually use high-pressure selling techniques to persuade consumers to buy shares that are often worth very little or nothing at all.
03/13/2014
The Financial Conduct Authority is warning investors of a clone firm calling itself BlackRock Fund Managers.
03/13/2014
Citisoft, a leading global investment management consulting firm, has launched a 40-day service to help asset managers fast-track their response to the FCA and other regulators’ growing concerns about outsourcing oversight.
03/12/2014
Global law firm appoints leading City pensions partner
He joins the firm from Ashurst
03/12/2014
FCA says general insurance add-on industry must make changes
The Financial Conduct Authority is proposing a shake-up of the £1bn general insurance add-on markets including banning pre-ticked boxes, forcing firms to publish claims ratios and breaking the point of sale advantage for guaranteed asset protection
03/12/2014
Norway’s largest political party wants to look into revamping oversight of the nation’s $850 billion sovereign wealth fund amid questions around its handling of an investment in Formula One.
03/12/2014
The introduction of the Solvency II regulatory regime inches closer after the European Parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt Omnibus II, a directive that completes and finalizes the common prudential framework for insurance regulation and supervision in th
03/11/2014
European Union rules to cap bankers' bonuses were in doubt on Monday after the bloc's lawmakers agreed to consider a revamp to stop Britain's banks softening their impact.
03/11/2014
Europe’s biggest covered bond issuers are turning to Asia to rally support in what they say will become a global challenge to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
03/10/2014
US authorities are probing French banks Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole for alleged misappropriation and violating American sanctions against other countries.
03/10/2014
Norges Bank Investment Management's stake in F1 is being questioned by ministers after the sport scrapped its IPO bid.
03/10/2014
The Bank of England is to launch an independent inquiry into allegations it allowed manipulation of the foreign exchange market.
03/10/2014
Bath law firm is to merge with a regional counterpart
The two companies will operate under a new name to be announced in June when the merger takes place.
03/10/2014
Dentons has unveiled a mass restructure for its UKMEA LLP following its 2013 tripartite merger, bringing its list of practice and sector groups under five new divisional heads.