08/31/2017
Briton accused of cyber attacks extradited from Germany
The attack featured distributed denial of service assaults - when multiple infected computers bombarding a system to overwhelm its security and access information.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/31/2017
Law Firm Expands Southeast Asia Presence
Stephenson Harwood is committed to Southeast Asia, and to growing our practice there.
08/31/2017
MiFID Leaves Researchers Scrambling for Growth That May Not Come
Researchers face unprecedented competition from banks
08/31/2017
EU facing 51 lawsuits worth BILLIONS of pounds for shutting down Spanish bank
The EU’s regulation agency forced the sale of the lender, then the sixth largest in Spain, to bigger rival Santander for the nominal price of one euro.
08/31/2017
German watchdog demands on-the-ground management for banks post-Brexit
Fearing a threat to financial stability, regulators want to prevent banks currently in London from setting up mere shells here that would allow them to be licensed for operating in the European Union.
08/31/2017
Consultative document on the implications of fintech for banks and supervisors issued by the Basel Committee
Banking standards and supervisory expectations should be adaptive to new innovations
08/30/2017
Advisers warned to face reality of tough new tax evasion law
If the senior management were uninvolved or unaware of the illegal activity.
08/30/2017
Mifid II will deliver long-overdue value for money
New EU rules are great news for pension funds and retail investors, says Norma Cohen
08/30/2017
UK companies face shake-up over risk managers
New rules aim to strengthen further the role of internal auditors
08/30/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA impact assessments
08/30/2017
Senior Managers And Certification Regime: Implications For Fund Manager
This will have significant implications for all UK authorised firms. This client alert considers the effects on UK fund managers.
08/30/2017
New Libor charges on French pile pressure on senior City bankers
The charges mark a significant escalation in the Libor investigation, which has till now focused on more junior employees and the manipulation of global borrowing rates to boost trading profits.
08/30/2017
Luxembourg regulators urged to increase supervision of fund industry
Luxembourg's investment fund industry is the world's second largest by assets under management
08/30/2017
Buyer snaps up section of collapsed former QS firm
Metamorph confirmed the Gregsons conveyancing team, led by Edwina Homfrey-Davies, will become part of its Linder Myers brand, based in its Chester office.
08/30/2017
British banks edge closer to painful PPI clarity
The biggest UK lenders charged with mis-selling so-called Payment Protection Insurance - Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC
08/30/2017
Ogier advises on acquisition of Allfunds Bank for Hellman & Friedman
The Ogier team included managing associate Alexander Curry and associate Tiffany Ager.
08/30/2017
Investors win legal battle over failed Italy property development
We stopped working in Calabria when our suspicions about money laundering were alerted
08/29/2017
More Insurance Woes for CS?
The probe would represent a widening of the bank's troubles with so-called insurance wrappers, for which it has already run into trouble with Italian and German officials – and paid dearly.
08/29/2017
ECB hands Irish lender first fine as bank supervisor
The bank went through a restructuring and received cash from the Irish government in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
08/29/2017
Ex-Lloyds risk officer had concerns over HBOS loan facility
Court documents claim executive warned on wisdom of £10bn transaction