06/12/2017
RBS in advanced talks over £3.5bn-plus mortgage mis-selling fine
RBS and the FHFA are in detailed talks about a multibillion-pound fine that could be announced within weeks, Sky News learns.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
06/12/2017
FN Legal Services Awards 2017: The Winners
Magic Circle law firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May both win twice at FN’s fourth annual Legal Services Awards Europe 2017.
06/11/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
EBA updated guidelines on disclosure requirements under the CRR
06/11/2017
Bank quizzes L&G over pension risk perils
L&G makes much more extensive use of these deals than most of its peers.
06/11/2017
The FCA needs to bare its enforcement teeth
UK regulator must force industry to move beyond tick-box mentality, says Peter Smith
06/09/2017
Coffin Mew Expands Brighton Office
The firm originally opened its doors in Brighton in 2015 and has since tripled in size, both in terms of office space and number of employees.
06/09/2017
EU prepares for London financial hub's departure
EU policy makers have repeatedly said that the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc lent new urgency to their cause of unlocking investments.
06/09/2017
Germany fears huge losses in massive tax scandal
It is reckoned to be the biggest tax scandal in German post-war history.
06/08/2017
Ex-HSBC Banker Scott Arrested in U.K. in American Currency Case
U.S. has accused Scott, Johnson of using inside tip on trade
06/08/2017
Nordea Wins Concessions From Swedish Government After HQ Threats
It’s our assessment that our new proposal is well balanced.
06/08/2017
The German Business Stake in Qatar
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has emerged as a mediator in the latest Middle East crisis. For Berlin, the fortunes of leading companies are at stake.
06/08/2017
Gibson Dunn Celebrates 50 Years in Paris, Adds Five-Lawyer Team
Who served two years as managing partner of Ashurst’s Paris office and focuses on private M&A and private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, among other things.
06/08/2017
Julius Baer seeks to stem fallout from FIFA corruption case
But the employee never told anyone at the bank that any account was being used as a conduit for bribes and that indeed he denied having such knowledge.
06/07/2017
Fresh forex rigging claims haunt HSBC
Bank faces fresh accusations of manipulating deals for profit
06/07/2017
Ex-UBS Compliance Officer Charged With Insider Trading
Fabiana Abdel-Malek and Walid Choucair charged by U.K. FCA
06/07/2017
Rules on combating money laundering and terrorist financing in correspondent banking clarified by the Basel Committee
The revisions aim to ensure that banks conduct correspondent banking business with the best possible understanding of the applicable rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.
06/06/2017
Global transparency
In recent years, significant changes in global finance regulations mean that every investor should re-examine their personal need for such offshore structures.
06/06/2017
Haynes and Boone CDG Launches New Corporate Practice in London
This is the latest London hire for Haynes and Boone CDG, which was formed via a merger last year.
06/06/2017
Bond Dickinson and Womble Carlyle approve transatlantic combination to create Womble Bond Dickinson
The agreement represents a union of like minds that will champion the domestic and international ambitions of clients with a continued emphasis on local, regional and national legal services
06/06/2017
FCA bans Strategic Wealth's UK arm from pensions business
It also must not dispose of, or in any way diminish, the value of its assets without the regulator’s prior approval.