04/21/2023
Oliver Wyman beats MBB to UBS-Credit Suisse integration
Credit Suisse is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
04/21/2023
FCA restricts London wealth manager
The regulator has imposed a number of restrictions on the firm including a ban on disposing of firm assets.
04/21/2023
H2O AM fined €20,000 per day until it coughs up key documents
Under-fire asset manager facing recurring penalty for failing to provide information to gauge impact of side-pocketed assets.
04/21/2023
Short-Term lets targeted in latest government proposals
Legal requirements around short term lets are already in place across Wales and in certain areas across England, including in London where planning permission is required for any property used for short term lettings for a total of more than 90 nights in
04/20/2023
Millions of customers together save nearly £1 billion due to overdraft rule changes
The FCA estimates that the 30% of consumers living in the most deprived areas in the UK saved £153 million in 2021.
04/20/2023
FCA announces plan to deliver significant redress to Woodford investors
The contribution of the Link Group is dependent on the approval of the Scheme by the WEIF investors entitled to redress and other WEIF related creditors of LFS (if any) covered by the Scheme.
04/20/2023
Harneys advises the National Bank of Greece on the financing of Tethys Securitization Sàrl
The National Bank of Greece is a global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece.
04/19/2023
EBA consults on approach to the resubmission of historical data under the EBA reporting framework
The consultation runs until 31 July 2023.
04/19/2023
Law firms must transform to retain clients and staff
Without transforming operations in their current form, the firm asserts that the legal sector will struggle to keep its gain or retain both clients and staff.
04/19/2023
Bank Reyl Fined Once Again in France
In addition, partner and general manager François Reyl was also convicted in the case involving practices at the bank from 2009 to 2013 and fined half a million euros.
04/19/2023
Russian central bank official sees 2023 growth close to 1%
Russia's economy shrank 2.1% in 2022 under the pressure of Western sanctions and fallout from its military campaign in Ukraine.
04/19/2023
Bank of England finds new use cases for DLT in synchronised setttlement
In this instance, transactions settle using central bank money in an RTGS system.
04/18/2023
Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee sets out recommendations for the next phase of open banking in the UK
This will bring opportunities for new products and services, allowing consumers and businesses to share data and make payments in more convenient and efficient ways.
04/18/2023
Investment manager under investigation by FSCS
FTAdviser understands that the FSCS is in the early stages of investigating whether there are any claims against the firm that meet the qualifying conditions for FSCS compensation.
04/18/2023
EU updates broaden availability of private strategies
Regulation changes open managers' long-term funds to more investors
04/18/2023
The MFSA’s Supervisory Priorities 2023
Consumer Protection and Education - follow ups on supervisory inspections undertaken during 2022 on license holders to ensure all MiFID II requirements are satisfied.
04/18/2023
WTW advises Swiss pension funds to review asset managers due to banking turmoil
Banking sector shockwaves mean pension companies should ‘make any changes deemed necessary’.
04/18/2023
ECB welcomes expert group recommendations on European banking supervision
The report acknowledges that European banking supervision has made good progress in ensuring that banks maintain sufficient capital levels and notes that the current level of capital requirements for supervised banks looks broadly adequate.
04/17/2023
Exchanges and asset managers square off over EU market rules
Exchanges, which earn money from market data, say parliament is going beyond transparency to give investors a trading tool
04/17/2023
FCO one step closer to obtaining unprecedented intervention powers following governmental approval of draft German competition law reform
The draft will now enter the legislative procedure.