03/20/2017
Officials draw up rescue plan for Co-op Bank
If a rescue is not forthcoming, the PRA would step in and force the bank into resolution, which would result in it being wound up.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/20/2017
Small Italian Investors Are Trembling At MiFID II
The reason is represented by the new MiFID II, the European directive on markets and financial instruments.
03/20/2017
Credit Suisse set to decide in April on Swiss bank IPO
Credit Suisse has pencilled in the IPO for the second half of this year, market conditions permitting and subject to board approval.
03/20/2017
Currency Traders Race to Reform Last Look After Bank Scandals
But not all are on board.
03/20/2017
How close are we to a Capital Markets Union?
The author of this ECMI Commentary, the impact of Brexit and the French and German national elections on CMU remains to be seen.
03/20/2017
Who can still follow?
It states that it represents a faithful implementation of international standards into Union law.
03/20/2017
Gay hedge fund manager withdraws £1million claim against his former employer.
Balyasny has always maintained that it is an equal opportunities employer with an open, collegial and supportive culture.
03/20/2017
The European banking sector's potential
Term deposits keep paying the same amount, despite increases in interest rates
03/20/2017
London lobbies for lower taxes to stop exit of financial services companies
City wants to stop flow of business to Dublin and Luxembourg by cutting taxes and allowing for looser regulation
03/19/2017
Nordea, Handelsbanken to face no new punishment over Panama Papers scandal
Nordea and Handelsbanken were fined 50 million Swedish crowns ($5.7 million) and 35 million crowns respectively in 2015 for breaching money laundering rules.
03/17/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA regulation round-up
03/17/2017
HSBC's Gulliver Faces Tax Probe After Losing Court Ruling
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs isn’t making any allegations of impropriety against the HSBC CEO.
03/17/2017
CMS Cameron McKenna and Pinsents to share £1m legal fees for KWM collapse
CMS UK expected to bill more than £800,000 for advice to administrators on KWM
03/17/2017
Dutch election results bring temporary relief, optimism to European money managers
The threat of deflation also appears to have been avoided, with inflation now approaching the European Central Bank's 2% target
03/17/2017
Law firm Addleshaw Goddard picks fintech startups for mentoring programme
Addleshaw Goddard is not the only law firm keen to woo members of the vibrant fintech scene, building relationships that could one day yield valuable business.
03/17/2017
Theresa May rejects calls for pre-Brexit Scottish referendum
I suspect history will look back on today and see it as the day the fate of the union was sealed.
03/17/2017
Appleby advise Tritax big box reit plc on £90 Million loan facility and restructuring
The Facility is secured against a portfolio of three standing assets and one forward funded asset.
03/17/2017
The Bank needs a reboot to cope with Brexit
Hogg’s appointment as deputy governor ended in farce and exposed a lack of radical thinking in Threadneedle Street
03/17/2017
Can the FCA make IPOs honest?
This in turns leaves investors at the mercy of connected analysts within banks.
03/17/2017
Irish banking watchdog has regained trust since financial crisis
But it wasn't in financial services.