06/06/2012
City lawyer 'lost her £200,000 job after exposing corruption'
A lawyer was sacked from her £200,000 a year job with a City law firm after she blew the whistle on corruption in the firm’s African section, a tribunal heard.
06/06/2012
Barclays is entitled to recover roughly $1.8bn of disputed assets and interest related to Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, a US federal judge said, reversing a decision by a federal bankruptcy judge.
06/05/2012
The report provides the first post-crisis, detailed governance action plan to come from the private sector and outlines how all stakeholders must reassess their approach to corporate governance and take meaningful steps to make it stronger.
06/04/2012
British finance minister George Osborne is suing the European Union over plans to ban the short-selling of financial products, arguing it would be overreaching its powers, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
06/04/2012
The UK financial watchdog is to carry out spot checks on City firms’ reporting of suspicious trades, as part of its broader crackdown on market abuse, the Financial Times has learnt.
06/01/2012
The partner duo, both of who focus on M&A and joint ventures, are joining Hogan Lovells' Milan base alongside of counsel Luca Magrini.
06/01/2012
The FSA will consult on delaying the implementation of new client reporting rules for platforms. The FSA will consult on delaying the implementation of new client reporting rules for platforms.
05/31/2012
He joins Winston & Strawn from Milbank LLP, has a strong track record of advising on complex and high-value disputes on behalf of blue chip companies and financial institutions.
05/31/2012
The court said the probe showed the Botin family had normalized its tax situation before the investigation was opened last year.
05/31/2012
A solicitor wrongly accused by a millionaire client of charging him £300 an hour for legal work whilst playing golf has won an apology and substantial damages after succeeding in his libel action.
05/31/2012
The High Court judge ruled earlier this month ruled in favour of the of the 104 former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers who sought a legal battle with Commerzbank over unpaid guaranteed bonuses that had been promised to them shortly before the investment bank w
05/31/2012
The fine was imposed on Patrick Francis O'Donnell of P3 Wealth Management by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
05/30/2012
This will replace a previous, similar calculation, known as the total expense ratio (TER).
05/30/2012
Wealth tax was abolished in Germany back in 1997.
05/30/2012
Baker & McKenzie has launched in South Africa with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s 31-strong Johannesburg office, one of the disintegrating firm’s last remaining international bases.
05/30/2012
FSA fines Scottish wealth manager £60k for Ucis mis-selling
He advised 57 of his customers to invest in UCIS, 14 of whom also invested in other non-mainstream investments.
05/29/2012
He is also chairman of National Australia Group Europe, which owns the Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank brands, and will retire from both positions on 26 July.
05/29/2012
The regulator says Leavey was carrying out a significant influence function without FSA approval, failing to oversee the segregation and protection of client money and approving misleading financial promotions.
05/29/2012
Based on search warrant applications, the SFO conducted no raids for the year to 31 March, compared to 47 in the previous year.
05/29/2012
The government took the unusual step of introducing retrospective legislation.