07/29/2012
He said that the taxpayer-backed bank was being probed as part of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) investigation into the rigging of the Libor. Barclays lost three executives and faces a £290m fine.
07/29/2012
The Financial Services Consumer Panel has today made six recommendations that it believes are essential if the FCA is to deliver more effective protection for consumers than its predecessor
07/26/2012
These hedge funds have responded with in-depth internal probes which they hope will assure investors that they did not collude with the banks, are completely clean and will not become embroiled in the affair, people familiar with the funds said.
07/26/2012
Central to this programme is the view that professional bodies such as STEP have a key role in working constructively with tax authorities around the world to develop guidelines as to what constitutes abusive tax avoidance.
07/26/2012
The OECD welcomed today a new model international tax agreement designed to improve cross-border tax compliance and boost transparency.
07/26/2012
This is a key step towards delivering on the commitment to an intergovernmental approach to implementing the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) made by the same countries in their joint statement published on 8 February 2012.
07/26/2012
The FSA's probe also relates to a debt sale by Barclays the following year.
07/26/2012
The six betrayed the principles of confidentiality and trust that are essential to the operation of the commercial world, the judge added.
07/25/2012
It is the biggest fine ever charged against a bank by the CNBV, the Mexican regulator said.
07/25/2012
Turner (pictured) said in a speech at Bloomberg that the banking sector required new entrants in order to improve public perception, but that the practice of offering current accounts with no charge was preventing this.
07/25/2012
Global regulators are reviewing the rate-setting mechanism and contemplating criminal charges against bank traders who manipulated Libor
07/25/2012
Swiss authorities confirmed they were carrying out a criminal investigation into the matter, which dates back to 2008.
07/25/2012
According to Esma, the guidelines will strengthen investor protection and set out the types of financial index Ucits products can invest in.
07/25/2012
Managing partner Hugh Maule put the blame on “increased property costs” in London as PEP slipped from £412,000 in 2010-11 to £303,000 in 2011-12.
07/25/2012
He failed to submit his RMAR for the year ending December 2011 and has subsequently ignored “repeated requests” to do so, according to a final notice issued by the regulator.
07/25/2012
This makes the planned start date of the Basel III rules "unrealistic," as more than just one to two months' notice is needed to analyze the final text of the regulations and directives, to make changes to information technology systems, an
07/24/2012
Bloomsbury Wealth Management has won an appeal to have almost £260,000 in VAT repaid after a tax tribunal ruled the firm was providing services that were exempt from VAT.
07/24/2012
A Deutsche Bank internal investigation into Libor has found that two former traders may have been involved in colluding to manipulate the rates but said there was no indication of failure at the top of the organisation, Reuters reported.
07/24/2012
His arrest at Dublin airport as he returned from a break in the US is just the latest sign that Sean FitzPatrick still enjoys a lifestyle way beyond the reach of most of those left to pick up the Anglo tab.
07/24/2012
The defendants will be sentenced on Friday 27th July 2012.