08/03/2017
RPA technology and AI will enhance hedge fund client relationships
This means that users can now download global financial data for pricing for all security types, benchmark yield downloads and corporate actions.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/03/2017
New beneficial ownership regime takes effect
The agreement modernises the way in which the BVI competent authorities may gain access to beneficial ownership information of BVI companies.
08/03/2017
Big asset managers struggle to meet Mifid II deadline
Large investment houses yet to decide how they will pay for investment research
08/03/2017
Steven Cohen’s Point72 faces regulatory rebuff in UK
FCA indicates family office would not receive regulatory approval
08/03/2017
New technologies and anti-money laundering compliance report
The report includes respondents’ views about what UK public bodies could do to foster new technologies.
08/03/2017
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on private equity sale of security fencing company
Magic circle firms advise on Carlyle's bid to acquire Praesidiad from CVC
08/03/2017
Overview of competition at the FCA
Regulation that keeps crooks out of the market is essential if we are able to take our money out from under our mattresses and put it to work.
08/02/2017
BDO replaces KPMG as top AIM auditor
Deloitte retained fifth position with 65 clients, after a gain of six, while RSM added four to retain sixth position with 57 clients.
08/02/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
PRA regulatory digest
08/02/2017
Leading global law firm battles global uncertainty to realise record revenues with five per cent growth
Firm reveals FY17 results
08/02/2017
Lawyer accused of alleged £6m property scam declared bankrupt
Another failed investment business that folded with multi-million pound debts.
08/01/2017
EU money fund rule threatens negative rates management tool
Constant net asset value funds may have to change format during prolonged spells of negative rates
08/01/2017
Lloyds, RBS and HSBC face hit to revenues as UK watchdog considers ban on overdraft fees
The bank currently takes about £300mlm a year in fees that will now be abandoned.
08/01/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA review of high-cost credit
08/01/2017
Ogier acts for £200m stake in Milton Park, Oxfordshire
Milton Park is home to over 250 organisations and employs over 9,000 people.
08/01/2017
Germany tightens restrictions on foreign investment from outside the EU
The new rules reflect this increasingly cautious approach to foreign investment.
07/31/2017
FCA signals death knell for LIBOR
On 29 June 2017, the Bank of England RFR working group published a white paper on potential approaches to a broader adoption in sterling markets of the SONIA benchmark.
07/31/2017
EU Proposes Account Freezes to Prevent Bank Runs; Bitcoin to the Rescue?
According to EU rules, each depositor that has less than 100,000 euros deposited in a bank account is insured from a bank run.
07/31/2017
How thousands of Britons are at risk from ‘world’s biggest online scam’
Lawyers tell The Independent victims are losing up to £1m each in investment fraud
07/31/2017
Banks settle currency manipulation claims for $111m
Investors accused the banks of manipulating the currency markets, typically to the benefit of traders rather than their clients.