10/22/2019
Lipper's Glow: European Fund-Flow Trends, September 2019
These fund flows added up to overall net inflows of €24.7 bn into long-term investment funds for September. ETFs contributed inflows of €19.4 bn to these flows.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/22/2019
BoE reform needed to boost firepower for downturns, think tank says
Positive Money said the BoE and government should create a new credit policy unit so the BoE can influence lending, and the central bank should also be able to outline its expectations for the government's fiscal policy.
10/22/2019
U.S. banks' Brexit offices are ready in Paris and Frankfurt, but they're not hiring
Only JPMorgan and Citi don't seem to have shiny new premises in the French and German financial centres, although both are said to be looking for somewhere in Paris (presumably with a degree of desperation at this stage).
10/22/2019
How to pay pension annual allowance tax charges
As penalties collected by HMRC for 2017/18 skyrocket to £812m
10/22/2019
Hargreaves faces £1.9m fee loss from Woodford debacle
Over the four months since the suspension (June to September) investors pulled approximately £250m from four of its funds
10/22/2019
Irish Finance Bill 2019 - Update for International Investors
The Irish Finance Bill 2019 was published on 17 October 2019 and contains a series of legislative tax measures.
10/22/2019
FSCS cannot find evidence for claims against Sipp provider
The FSCS said that without this evidence it was difficult to know if there were valid claims.
10/22/2019
UBS, authorities eye client overcharges in Singapore and Hong Kong
UBS expects the relevant authorities will subject UBS to reprimands and fines as a result of their investigations," it said, noting that it had identified and reported the instances related to transactions between 2008 and 2015.
10/22/2019
Regulation in a changing world Speech by Christopher Woolard
Speech by Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the FCA, delivered at the City of London / Cicero event on Future of Regulation.
10/22/2019
Smaller advice and wealth firms should report gender pay gap
Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane has said extending reporting to companies with more than 30 employees would 'tackle the pay gap comprehensively'
10/22/2019
Esma And Australian Securities And Investments Commission Cooperate Benchmarks
The EU Benchmarks Regulation prescribes a European common framework to ensure the integrity and accuracy of benchmarks used in the EU.
10/22/2019
Understanding pay gaps - speech by Andy Haldane
Given at the joint Bank of England, Federal Reserve Bank and European Central Bank conference on Gender and Career Progression
10/22/2019
London-based bankers charged with insider trading
Two new indictments come days after similar accusation against a Goldman Sachs banker
10/22/2019
JCRA director Chris Towner - Sterling - what next?
To win here he will need to convince MPs not only that this is the best resolution, but that it is the only one possible.
10/21/2019
London’s Battersea Power Station to showcase its iconic development at Cityscape Qatar
Historically, London has been an attractive investment destination for Qatari investors due to its tax incentives and legislation that encourage foreign investment.
10/21/2019
British billionaire who has given up to £200,000 to Extinction Rebellion 'has £630m stake in owners of Heathrow airport'
He also has a major holding in the owners of Heathrow Airport, Ferrovial
10/21/2019
ECB– A Lost Central Bank
The whole thing can be year-old disputes that have finally surfaced, though it is an unusual debate surrounding a central bank, which will get attention from the financial markets.
10/21/2019
Pressure grows on regulators to reform fund management industry in wake of Woodford scandal
He warned that a “fire is breaking out” in the sector because of what he described as “dodgy electrics” – or a weak regulatory framework.
10/21/2019
Linklaters advises the Joint Lead Managers on Europe’s first ever general purpose SDG linked bond
ENEL reported that the bond, Europe’s first general purpose SDG-linked bond issue, was almost four times oversubscribed and that total orders stood at about 10 billion euros, with the substantial participation of socially responsible investors.
10/21/2019
Linklaters advised the banks’ syndicate on the Tikehau Capital bond issue of an aggregate amount
The proceeds of this issue will be used for Tikehau Capital’s general corporate purposes and the Group also reserves the option of repaying existing credit facilities.