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
11/04/2013
The FCA recently released CP13/13 – it’s long awaited Consultation Paper on crowdfunding. This isn’t the only pertinent consultation process taking place at the moment. The regulator has also issued CP13/10 which outlines its proposed c
11/04/2013
DLA Piper has sealed the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) leveraged finance partner Tony Lopez for its structured finance team.