11/13/2013
The proposed amendments would expand the scope of the AEOI and would require Member States to exchange data relating to dividends, capital gains, other financial income and account balances.
11/13/2013
The investment industry is inefficient and in need of a radical overhaul if it wants to meet the needs of an under-served consumer base, Financial COnduct Authority board member Mick McAteer has warned.
11/13/2013
Hedge fund managers will need to undertake due-diligence over their depositary providers and this checklist has been designed to assist managers undertake the necessary depositary due diligence.
11/12/2013
UniCredit, Italy's biggest lender by assets, expects Europe's banking union to free up 7 billion euros ($9.4 billion) of capital from its German subsidiary HVB as capital requirements are equalized across the euro zone
11/12/2013
Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie is relocating corporate and transactional partner Pietro de Libero from the firm's Milan office to its Dubai office.
11/12/2013
Baker & McKenzie's London office has hired EY partner Mark Bevington to boost its corporate tax practice.
11/12/2013
Berwin Leighton Paisner has recruited partner Karen Friebe from DLA Piper to join its London real estate practice.
11/11/2013
Britain broke its financial regulator up into two separate agencies in April to ensure stricter scrutiny of banks and markets in the wake of the 2007-09 financial crisis and a series of costly scandals involving bankers' misdeeds.
11/10/2013
Silence is an unreasonable refusal to engage in ADR - Withers
The Court of Appeal has decided that a failure to respond to a reasoned invitation to mediate an ongoing dispute is unreasonable, regardless of whether there were good reasons to refuse to mediate.
11/10/2013
Banks move early on bonus caps amid confusion
Banks have started the process of deciding how they will implement the EU-wide bank bonus cap
11/10/2013
When it comes to the effects of ‘one-size-fits-all’-regulation for boutique asset managers, off the peg doesn’t suit everyone.
11/10/2013
Two pieces of European legislation relating to sales practices – specifically “inducements” for financial advisers and their disclosure – are heading in different directions.
11/09/2013
The transaction was ground-breaking in its use of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991
11/07/2013
In anticipation of the new year’s annual bonus round, there has been a flurry of regulatory requirements that will have to be taken into account this time around:
11/07/2013
Three former ICAP Plc brokers charged in the U.S. over their involvement in Libor-rigging will be interviewed by U.K. prosecutors within weeks
11/06/2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged RBS Securities Inc
11/05/2013
I’m also excited about the opportunity to work closely with Geldards’ wide range of successful legal teams
11/05/2013
The Investment Management Association and Legal & General have clashed over whether transaction costs should be included in a proposed cap on auto-enrolment charges.
11/05/2013
Chief Executive Said the Bank Would Fight Any Accusations Over Alleged Euribor Rigging
11/04/2013
A group of 60 young pilots are taking ABN Amro to court because they cannot pay off the loans they took out to complete their education