11/06/2018
Maintaining market confidence: an update on Brexit
Speech delivered by Nausicaa Delfas, Executive Director of International at the City and Financial: 3rd UK Financial Services Brexit Summit
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/06/2018
EBA publishes 2018 EU-wide stress test results
The final CET1 capital ratio is also affected by the cumulative decrease of the main sources of banks' income over the adverse scenario compared to the starting point.
11/06/2018
From GoSkippy to diamond mines: the web of Arron Banks's wealth
The tycoon’s complex finances are under scrutiny as the NCA investigates £8m of Brexit campaign funding
11/05/2018
Legal Guide Rankings Confirm Appleby as Leading Law Firm in Isle of Man
Last week Appleby Isle of Man also announced its ranking in The Legal 500
11/05/2018
Higher penalties for offshore matters
An offshore matter is where the potential loss of tax is charged on
11/05/2018
Property investment scheme shut down by courts
Investigation shuts down multi-million ‘Ponzi’ property scheme
11/05/2018
Women in Finance Charter
A pledge for gender balance across financial services
11/05/2018
Women in Finance Charter
The 'Women in Finance Charter' asks financial services firms to commit to implement 4 key industry actions.
11/04/2018
Market Watch - ’Flying Prices’ and ‘Printing Trades’
Newsletter on market conduct and transaction reporting issues
11/04/2018
MiFID II at the Midpoint
European Investment Managers Navigate the First Year of the New Era
11/04/2018
Worst Performers In EU Bank Stress Test Include Lloyds And Barclays
A banking partner at KPMG UK, Rob Smith, disclosed: “In a surprise set of results, UK banks have fared worse than their European counterparts as IFRS9, combined with high levels of unsecured debt, took its toll on capital.”
11/04/2018
Barclays and Lloyds fare poorly in EU bank stress tests
UK banks post unexpectedly weak results in European Banking Authority’s assessment
11/02/2018
European fund managers oppose ESG regulation
When the data was divided by job title, research analysts were the most likely to be against, with 89% of respondents against a regulatory requirement for ESG factoring.
11/02/2018
Obtaining a Jersey grant of probate: the fast-track procedure
Our legal fees for dealing with a fast-track probate application are generally between £700 - £800 excluding disbursements.
11/02/2018
Flexibility and innovation – trust legislation in Guernsey
That legislation has served the island and those using it as a platform for wealth administration very well and some of the innovations introduced then have since been adopted in other jurisdictions.
11/02/2018
Triage services could help advisers with PI cover
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has clarified how firms can provide an appropriate triage service that gives factual and generic information without stepping across the advice boundary in defined benefit (DB) transfers.
11/02/2018
Pensions: High Court confirms schemes must equalise for GMPs
Trustees should also start thinking about what action they will take once this point is clear.
11/02/2018
Realising the benefits of purposeful leadership
Speech by Jonathan Davidson, Director of Supervision – Retail and Authorisations at the FCA, delivered at the CCTA 2018 Conference, Nottingham.
11/01/2018
FCA’s costs champion calls on investors to challenge fund managers
Chris Sier, who led an FCA project to draw up fee-transparency standards for asset managers, says his next challenge is to get pension funds to ask tough questions
11/01/2018
EU needs single anti-money laundering authority, says thinktank
New regulator needs power to levy huge fines to stop stream of scandals