03/15/2017
Appeal blow to three former Jefferies bankers
The scheme was simply a criminal device from start to finish.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/15/2017
Quantuma to bill £1.3m as pensions, business rates experts assess payments
The firm's financial state in the months leading up to the administration.
03/15/2017
Barclays Qatar Targets Said to Make Last SFO Plea Before Charges
At least eight former senior officials have been treated as suspects.
03/15/2017
The Wealth Finance Brief - Fieldfisher
Briefing Paper: Yacht Finance
03/15/2017
Deutsche Securities warned by Japan over bond trading collusion
The warning is the first issued by the commission to financial institutions in Japan over trades of European sovereign bonds
03/15/2017
Hammond’s u-turn demonstrates an out of touch gvmt, but is a golden opportunity
This is perhaps more important than ever as Britain prepares to launch divorce proceedings from the EU.
03/15/2017
Germany Frets Over U.S. Regulation Opt Out
One of the U.S.'s most influential banking regulators has proposed ways to cut red tape in banking.
03/14/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
Foreign Affairs Committee report on Article 50 negotiations
03/14/2017
Benchmark finds vast gulf in responsible investment performance at European asset management firms
The carbon footprint of investee companies.
03/14/2017
Danish regulator wants pension funds to cut risk to consumers
Failure to reach an agreement now just means that rules will probably be even harsher in the future.
03/14/2017
A Thing Of The Past?
The coming years such gender bias will be a thing of the past.
03/13/2017
KBC Asset Management in technology modernisation
KBC AM also liked the vendor’s data and risk model quality, portfolio optimisation features, service model and reporting functionalities.
03/13/2017
Gibraltar insurers are rock solid
The statement questions why the Central Bank of Ireland chose to go public about its concerns over providers operating from Gibraltar.
03/13/2017
Iceland Exits Capital Controls Eight Years After Banking Crash
The economy is even at risk of overheating with money flowing back into the economy as the controls have been eased in steps.
03/13/2017
Portugal’s Novo Banco gets new bid from UK’s Aethel fund
The Bank of Portugal has said the move was legal as part of its powers to wind up failing banks.
03/13/2017
Gowlings relocates partner to Stuttgart to launch second Germany office
The firm has recently added to its Paris tax team with the appointment of partner Julien Monsenego from Olswang, as well as Céline Bey, who was of counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills but joined as partner.
03/13/2017
DB partial transfers should be a legal right
A move to make it compulsory to offer partial transfers would likely be extremely popular with intermediaries.
03/13/2017
Court rules Swiss can provide France support in UBS tax case - SDA
The Lausanne-based court found the misconduct alleged by French authorities would also be punishable in Switzerland and thus overturned a lower court ruling on the matter.
03/13/2017
IoM regulator open to dialogue on commission disclosure rules
This is accentuated by current uncertainty around the UAE Insurance Authority’s plan to issue a new draft and open a fresh consultation on plans to tackle high fees and hidden commissions in the life industry after requests for a 'two-year dela
03/12/2017
Parliament makes publication of offshore transfer totals mandatory
In question are almost €10 billion that was transferred offshore without the tax authorities analysing it between 2011 and 2014.