06/05/2020
European bank ramps up stimulus package
ECB President Christine Lagarde scotched speculation that the bank could follow the US Federal Reserve in buying sub-investment grade bonds, saying that option was not discussed by policymakers.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
06/05/2020
CIC expands its offering for corporates and investors via a cooperation agreement with M.M.Warburg & CO
This cooperation begins with investment research services, in ECM and brokerage activities.
06/04/2020
SEC Acts Upon an Influx of Whistleblower Complaints
The SEC has indicated its willingness to aggressively pursue enforcement actions as a result of these complaints.
06/04/2020
Trade Credit Insurance backed by £10 billion guarantee
Government to provide guarantees of up to £10 billion to Trade Credit Insurance schemes for business-to-business transactions
06/04/2020
Letter from Sam Woods ‘Covid-19: IFRS 9 and capital requirements
Letter to chief executive officers of UK deposit takers, in response to updated FCA guidance on retail mortgage payment deferrals.
06/04/2020
Seven moments in Spring: Covid-19, financial markets and the Bank of England's operations - Speech by Andrew Hauser
In my remarks today, I want to give a bird’s eye’s view of what happened in those extraordinary weeks, and the steps we took
06/04/2020
CaixaBank Teams with IBM Services
Red Hat OpenShift and AI engaged to help the bank to roll out new digital offerings delivering enhanced customer experiences
06/04/2020
European Single Electronic Format Regulation Requirements
ESEF is a technical format. It doesn’t prompt new information to be produced, it’s about making existing information available in both human-readable and machine-readable forms.
06/03/2020
Investors launch legal claim against two life insurance giants
After they lose life savings in ‘high risk fund mis-selling’ linked to LMIM
06/03/2020
The GAR100 recognise Withers' international arbitration group as a leading practice worldwide
The GAR100 list represents the most active and respected international arbitration practices in the world, and is based on detailed research to verify the quality of each team’s work.
06/03/2020
Don’t blame the executioner!
These were the questions considered by the High Court in the recent case of Adams v Options SIPP UK LLP.
06/03/2020
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill: A Jersey Perspective
Jersey creditors will already be aware of the statutory moratorium that protects debtors in an administration process from legal proceedings being commenced or continued.
06/03/2020
Increased substance requirements for Dutch financial service companies
All ‘relevant substance’ requirements will apply from 1 January 2021.
06/03/2020
Regulators May Punish Deutsche Bank for Its Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Banking regulators in New York have been investigating the German bank’s yearslong relationship with the disgraced financier.
06/03/2020
FCA to probe advisers' financial resilience amid Covid
In March the FCA said firms were able to use their capital buffers to support their going concern if needed in a seeming relaxation of its capital adequacy requirements.
06/02/2020
FCA bars high risk investment firms using fake ads
The FCA said the companies used social media to entice consumers into scams involving CFDs and in some cases customers were encouraged to take out credit to make payments and pressured into making increasingly large investments.
06/02/2020
Ogier advises J D Wetherspoon plc on £141m equity raise
The Ogier team was led by partner Richard Daggett, assisted by managing associate Alexander Curry and associate Alex Fisher.
06/02/2020
Trustees and Legal Professional Privilege
The Royal Court of Guernsey has recently considered the principles that apply to the creation of privileged documents when advice is obtained by trustees of a trust.
06/02/2020
Charles Stanley pauses financial planner hiring drive
The business has set target revenues of £350,000 per financial planner per annum, excluding investment management fees, as it looks to move the division into profitability.
06/02/2020
HMRC to go after company directors for furlough fraud
The taxman said it would hold directors "jointly and severally" liable for a penalty on the assumption "each partner is taken to know anything that any of the other partners knows".