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Hollande to unveil softened French bank reform

The overhaul, to be announced on Wednesday, will ultimately hit only a sliver of banks' profit, according to a leaked draft of the bill.

New director at Taylor Wessing prompts reshuffle

He will take on one of the firm’s three business group director roles, replacing Rodney Dukes.

Squire Sanders turns to BLP and Wragges for City banking hires

Squire Sanders is expanding the reach of its Financial Services Practice Group with the lateral hires of two highly-respected partners

Hogan Lovells Advises BlackRock on Major Property Funds Merger

The merger will increase the fund's holdings of central London and South East offices, retail warehouses and South East industrial property, and its client base by 64 investors.

Serious Fraud Office charges hedge fund founder in revived case

At the time the SFO was filtering out cases which it felt had no reasonable chance of conviction.

ABN Amro Has Court Seal Arjav Belgium Diamonds

He said that the company’s dispute is only with ABN Amro.

Standard Life wins £100m appeal case

Edinburgh savings and investment firm, Standard Life, has won an appeal case against a group of insurers which cost the company £100m.

Deutsche Bank Probes Claims of Deleted E-Mails in Tax Probe

Deutsche Bank AG, whose offices were raided by German police four days ago

U.K.'s FSA Sends Libor Notices to UBS Staff

The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has sent out investigation notifications in the past week to at least five individuals linked to UBS

U.S. Secret Service Bans Certain Gold and Silver Coins On eBay

Email was sent to affected sellers when the systematic removals began.

Linklaters keeps top spot for UK M&A as US firms climb up rankings

Linklaters has held onto its position as the most prolific adviser on UK M&A, as annual deals data for 2012 shows US firms stealing a march on their City competitors.

FSA steps up fight against mis-selling

The sums are not huge compared with other mis-selling scandals

UBS Chairman Urges Timely Implementation of International Rules

Mr. Weber said that the enthusiasm among regulators to create a "level playing field" in global bank regulation has waned recently.

More than 30 UBS bankers 'to be implicated in rate rigging'

Authorities are this week expected to say that more than 30 bankers and managers at Swiss banking giant UBS were involved in the alleged rigging of the key Libor interest rate.

Banker gets insider dealing jail sentence - FSA

A banker who encouraged two girlfriends to buy shares based on privileged information, has been sentenced to two years and eight months' jail for insider dealing, Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday.

Private Client/Family Team of the Year: Harbottle & Lewis

Harbottle & Lewis sealed the prize for Private Client/Family Team of the Year after successfully proving to the judges that it has adapted its practice around this rapidly-evolving area of law.

Austrian Institute Shows Wealth Taxes "Red Card"

Echoing the Vice Chancellor’s remarks, Leitl said that property, gift and inheritance taxes should all be “shown the red card.”

Sir Keith Mills settles with Coutts over AIG bond dispute

Coutts said in a statement it was pleased to have come to an agreement with Mills.

KPMG 2012 Revenues Reach US$23 Billion

The growth in Advisory and Tax underlines the strength of client demand for professional services

Five staff arrested as German police swoop on Deutsche

German authorities investigate 25 Deutsche Bank staff, including co-chief executive Jürgen Fitschen, on suspicion of tax scam

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