05/07/2012
British banks are facing the prospect of a major investigation by the Financial Services Authority into alleged mis-selling of billions of pounds of complex interest rate hedging products to small businesses.
05/04/2012
On three out of the four charges against him, Haarde was found not guilty.
05/04/2012
Scottish law firm set to make private client redundancies
Following a strategic review four support staff and two lawyers in the private client team are at risk of losing their jobs.
05/03/2012
Piraeus Bank in Athens has sued both the news agency, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp, and the article's author, reporter Stephen Grey.
05/03/2012
KPMG has recruited the senior London tax partner of international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf to head its European practice.
05/03/2012
He qualified in the England and Australia, Marley has broad experience in finance transactions ranging from leveraged finance and restructuring to private equity investment and project finance.
05/03/2012
THOUSANDS of investors who were mis-sold Arch cru funds are in line for an extra £100m compensation.
05/02/2012
For most investment activities, a retail investment adviser must attain an appropriate qualification within 30 months of starting to advise if they are working under supervision, the regulator said.
05/02/2012
THOUSANDS of investors who were mis-sold Arch cru funds are in line for an extra £100m compensation.
05/02/2012
Allan, who focuses on both fund formation and fund-related transactions, is an addition to the firm’s investment funds partner offering,
05/02/2012
THOUSANDS of investors who were mis-sold Arch cru funds are in line for an extra £100m compensation.
05/01/2012
Half of people who have an investment product are only vaguely aware of the level of risk they are taking within that product according to new research by Skandia Investment Group.
05/01/2012
Paul Moore, the former head of risk at HBOS, has complained to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over a report prepared by the auditor that approved his dismissal from HBOS in 2005.
05/01/2012
Northern Trust has announced today that it is providing specialist custody and asset administration services to help insurance clients, such as Sparebank1 Skadesforsikring, help prepare for Solvency II.
05/01/2012
The Financial Services Authority has used new powers to set up the scheme after investors seeking low-risk products ended up with high-risk assets such as shipping and venture capital.
05/01/2012
The City firm has made up four London associates and one in Frankfurt, down on the eight it promoted last year (6 May 2011).
05/01/2012
The FSA found that Christchurch’s Compliance Officer, Thornberry, failed to ensure that client money and assets were managed appropriately.
04/30/2012
Mr Moore’s complaint comes a week after it emerged that the former head of HBOS’s corporate bank, Peter Cummings, is to fight a seven-figure fine handed out by the Financial Services Authority for his part in the collapse of the bank.
04/30/2012
There had been speculation Mr Green could have been tasked with merging the SFO into one of the other crime fighting agencies.
04/30/2012
Beacon Capital has missed several interest payments on the Morgan Stanley loan used to buy Citypoint in 2007, the London- based newspaper said.