05/08/2017
Asset managers set to miss Mifid II deadline on research
Regulatory uncertainty has been one driver of fund firms’ delay in facing up to the changes.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/08/2017
Ex-Bankhall chief Mann demands RDR rethink
In 2015, the FSA's replacement, the Financial Conduct Authority, reported the number of financial advisers offering professional advice had fallen from around 26,000 in 2011 to 24,000 in 2014.
05/08/2017
5 Requirements to Position Banking Organizations for Growth
The banking industry continues to be surrounded by uncertainty, with no definitive path for success.
05/08/2017
EU Taking ‘Hard Law’ Approach to Regulating Tax Advisers
They include a scope that covers all intermediaries, all harmful practices and all jurisdictions.
05/08/2017
Andersen Global Announces Andersen Tax & Legal in Portugal
Andersen Tax & Legal in Portugal provides services in both Portugal and abroad in all industries, including health, media and advertising, technology, and transport.
05/08/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
EBA Technical Standards under Payment Accounts Directive
05/08/2017
Fintechs fight plan to bar screen scraping and protect European banks
It can also be used to steal data or, depending on your point of view, legitimately gather business intelligence.
05/08/2017
Independent Strategic Group joins London Stock Exchange Elite scheme
With over 750 companies, advisers and investors from 26 countries in the scheme, ISG is the only Jersey business to have been selected and forms one of only 100 companies participating from the UK.
05/08/2017
Carey Olsen advises Pershing Square Holdings on its admission to the LSE
Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey was led by partner Annette Alexander
05/08/2017
Latest FCA rules and guidance: SMCR, remuneration and whistleblowing
Firms will need to make sure that they have given appropriate, role-tailored training to their Standard NEDs before the rules come into force on 3 July 2017.
05/07/2017
Brexit: Jersey could be used as a bargaining chip
There is a conflict of interest between the UK and Jersey.
05/06/2017
Whistleblower scandal to put Barclays’ boss under fire at AGM
The bank’s board, led by chairman John McFarlane, has already issued a written reprimand to the American and pledged to cut his bonus.
05/06/2017
Bank of England sets out bailout bond requirements for UK banks
MREL bonds convert into equity capital once a bank's main capital reserves are burnt through.
05/06/2017
Muscat pledges to further strengthen pensions
Retirement age, national insurance would not be raised
05/05/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
Payment Services: Delivery plan for the consolidation of UK PSOs
05/05/2017
Businessman suing RBS over alleged conspiracy faces case dismissal
This interim hearing was unfairly conducted as a mini-trial without the benefits of disclosure, my eight witnesses.
05/04/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA policy statement on remuneration in CRD IV firms
05/04/2017
'PIMPED OUT BY BOSS' Married banker, 36, ‘pimped out’ to wealthy Arab client in bid to land £25m account and ‘threatened with the sack if she didn’t go for dinner date’
The woman claimed the client bombarded her with love songs and inappropriate text messages
05/04/2017
Tom Kalaris' boutique reveals board line-up after FCA gives green light
The business will operate as an independently regulated company.
05/04/2017
RegTech as a driver for regulatory and compliance cost reduction
In the wake of the growing regulatory and compliance burden, financial services firms are increasingly looking at ways to decrease the costs for implementation and monitoring.