08/13/2020
Private bank enters voluntary liquidation
Process will go ahead despite ‘intensive negotiations’ taking place with ‘interested parties’
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/13/2020
Covid-19: FCA 'Dear CEO' letter on client money balances
The FCA expects firms to return client money balances which are unlikely to be reinvested in the short term, if this is in the clients' best interests during this period.
08/13/2020
Freshfields lawyer sent list of concerns over her conduct in UBS rape case
UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority reviewing complaint that Caroline Stroud did not make bank relationship clear
08/13/2020
CMTA tests decentralised trading with five banks including Vontobel
SEBA Bank, Sygnum Bank, Arab Bank (Switzerland) and Hypothekarbank Lenzburg also took part in the test.
08/13/2020
NatWest to 'reconfigure' Coutts' HQ as it plans 800 job cuts
The banking group is targeting 550 full-time redundancies across branches and its top-earner service, but says none will be compulsory.
08/13/2020
Wirecard: Germany’s anti-money laundering unit failed to share ‘dozens’ of warnings
The agency has been looking over the reports for offenses including falsification of accounts, fraud, embezzlement, market manipulation and insider trading, and says it is re-examining the evidence in light of new information.
08/13/2020
The FCA wants advisers to be more resilient
The FCA expects all companies to have contingency plans to deal with major events and that these plans have been properly tested.
08/13/2020
FCA warns firms on holding client funds
FCA will continue to review client money balances
08/12/2020
FCA and PRA consult on remuneration provisions for Banks and Credit Institutions
The changes will be particularly significant for banks that currently fall within the PRA/FCA's Proportionality Level Three.
08/12/2020
Covid-19: FCA confirms extension of guidance for insurance and premium finance firms on customers in temporary financial difficulty
Covid-19: PRA 'Dear CEO' letter on suspension of guidance levels on fixed rate lending limits for non-systemic building societies
08/12/2020
Fit and Proper - How to Manage Employee Breaches if You Are a Regulated Business
At all times, the employer will need to weigh up the competing requirements of the regulatory and employment regimes in Jersey.
08/12/2020
UCITS can no longer invest in loans
This new position is the result of a detailed eligibility assessment of loans by the CSSF, and reflects discussions held at ESMA level as well as the regulatory practices of other EU Member States.
08/12/2020
Fimbank fined €168,943 for ‘serious’ anti-money laundering failures
FIAU says remedial action being undertaken by bank at the time of review
08/12/2020
Third supervisory organisation authorised by Finma
Two other supervisory organisations were granted licences in July.
08/12/2020
German police launch raids in Russia money laundering probe
The bank allegedly maintained a network of offshore firms with accounts in the Baltic region.
08/12/2020
Upper Tribunal confirms £1 million VAT bill for essay-writing provider
HMRC took the view that All Answers sold the essay-writing service as principal and was therefore liable to account for output tax on the full fee charged to students.
08/12/2020
Europe's dividend ban hurts bank investors. These shares are most impacted
Market participants warn the move could starve investors of a key revenue source, and that a blanket ban could unnecessarily punish better-capitalized banks, pushing up cost of capital.
08/11/2020
Over 100 advice firms currently under investigation
UK regulator says that cases are not ‘solely confined to concerns about potential misconduct’
08/11/2020
FCA: Letter from Interim Chief Executive to senior partners and directors of audit firms on reporting obligations
The BoE will enable enhanced data to be sent and received during the first half of 2023
08/11/2020
SRB publishes guidance documents for the bail-in operationalisation
The documents are not a new set of SRB policies, but rather a guide to help banks ensure the required preparation for bail-in application during the resolution planning phase and to fulfil the SRB Expectations for Banks, which is to ensure resolvability.