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
For many years private client work has been seen as the preserve of a handful of smaller, specialised firms acting for very rich people who live a privileged lifestyle alien to most.
06/02/2013
Transatlantic combination one of the largest in the history of the legal profession
06/02/2013
For our clients the ability to get our practical, straightforward advice at the heart of the European Union is vital.
06/02/2013
City and international law firm appoints new head of private wealth
His expertise spans all facets of domestic and international private wealth and taxation
06/02/2013
The Netherlands is seeking to loosen the shackles the European Union placed on rescued Dutch banks,
06/02/2013
However, ESMA is advising the European Commission to consider adjusting a number of aspects in the regulation that do not alter its main elements,
05/31/2013
UBS France put under formal investigation -judicial source
UBS France is being investigated by the French judiciary on whether it offered potential French clients investments that were allegedly designed to evade taxes.
05/30/2013
The overhaul, which comes after chief executive Bryan Hughes last summer set out the firm's new three-year strategy, has seen the creation of four new sectors – propcos; public sector; consumer; and diversified industrials – and has invol
05/30/2013
DAC Beachcroft has bolstered its Madrid partnership with the hire of Ruth Duque
05/28/2013
A move that demonstrates the slow but increasing trend for City law firms to bring in non-executive directors to provide outside experience
05/27/2013
Withers was considerably further ahead than Speechly Bircham in its international investment
05/27/2013
Global banks stand accused of manipulating the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, a scandal that has ensnared at least 16 financial institutions