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.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
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.
05/04/2017
Fears savers are being tricked OUT of gold-plated final salary pensions
The financial regulator is set to look at advisor rules around the issue later this year amid the fears - but this could come too late for some people.
05/04/2017
Guernsey unveils new pension supervisory framework
Firms providing pensions have always been subject to licensing and supervision
05/04/2017
IoM regulator to publish members’ conflicts of interest
No fewer than seven members, which includes the chief executive, are appointed by the Isle of Man Treasury to the FSA.
05/04/2017
Macron lodges complaint with French prosecutor over offshore account allegations
Nobody was named in the complaint
05/04/2017
International law firm agrees local law tie-up in Singapore
This is an exciting development and demonstrates our commitment to continuing our growth in Singapore.
05/04/2017
Basel 3, an international capital-adequacy standard, is unloved but much needed
Its many and detailed provisions are being phased in gradually and have been reviewed and adjusted several times.