06/09/2013
Former England cricketer sues Sigma Wealth adviser
He said he had instructed the firm to invest his money for retirement, not gamble it on racy unregulated ventures.
06/09/2013
The newly-created role of EMEA Liaison Partner is designed to promote greater communication and foster improved coordination among the firm's international offices outside of the Americas and to accommodate the growing needs of the firm's client
06/09/2013
Chadbourne & Parke has overhauled a number of key leadership positions in the EMEA region, naming insurance partner Adrian Mecz as the US firm’s new London managing partner.
06/09/2013
She began her career as a forensic accountant and fraud investigator with the Department of Trade and Industry, and has over 20 years experience working in risk management and compliance.
06/07/2013
Prosecutors probing Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA’s purchase of Banca Antonveneta SpA have asked Spain for permission to question Banco Santander SA (SAN) Chairman Emilio Botin as a witness, four officials with knowledge of the matter said.
06/06/2013
Matthews is expected to join FFW in August as a partner in the City’s firm’s London corporate practice and is currently on gardening leave
06/06/2013
Raiffeisen Bank International will tighten up its compliance rules
06/06/2013
SJ Berwin is set to put its potential merger with Asia-Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons to partners this weekend (8-9 June) for the first partnership-wide discussion on the deal since tie-up talks began.
06/05/2013
Three of the U.K.’s highest-grossing law firms raised salaries for London lawyers, who can earn as much as 65,000 pounds ($99,000) in their first year after qualifying to practice.
06/05/2013
Brussels has drawn up proposals to formalise regulation of a range of pricing structures, from the Libor inter-bank lending rate to benchmarks for oil and gold. Under the plan, Libor would come under the supervision of the European Securities and Markets
06/05/2013
THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined investment firm Sesame £6m for selling life insurance settlement products known as death bonds to customers without spelling out the risks.
06/04/2013
CF alleges Barclays “misused” confidential information the trading house had provided “to their own unfair advantage”, while also breaching “obligations of confidence”.
06/04/2013
The FCA have today released their Policy Statement 13/3 confirming the restriction of marketing and distribution to the retail market of risky and complex products now defined as Non-Mainstream Pooled Investments (NMPIs).
06/04/2013
Results show that 53% of capital markets respondents are not ready to centrally clear interest rate and credit default swaps
06/04/2013
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined an Essex-based sole trader £63,000 for advising on mortgages despite previously having his permissions stripped.
06/03/2013
Partner Jonathan Rickard joins from Addleshaws, where he was head of real estate in London.
06/02/2013
Barclays and Deutsche Bank face potentially embarrassing fresh allegations about Libor-rigging in a court hearing set for October.
06/02/2013
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06/02/2013
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06/02/2013
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