11/18/2015
JWG’s RegDelta helps G-14 bank win 2015 FinTech award
Regulatory change platform recognised for excellence
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/18/2015
FCA launches asset management competition study
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the areas it will focus on in its market study into competition in the asset management industry.
11/18/2015
Private Funds 2016: Analysis
Astleford has more than 25 years’ experience in advising fund managers, banks, brokers and corporates and is co-chair of the firm’s global financial services group and head of the group in Europe.
11/18/2015
New UK Regime to Strengthen Senior Management Accountability
On 7 March 2016, two new regulatory regimes governing the accountability of senior managers will take effect
11/18/2015
Bristol based law firm boosts advisory board
He has just stood down as managing director of the international legal recruitment company Chadwick Knott, which he co-founded.
11/18/2015
Withers has strengthened its Russia and CIS capabilities
Withers’ litigation and arbitration practice consists of over 100 lawyers globally
11/18/2015
Eleanor Shanks wins Best Woman PE Lawyer at the Women in Private Equity Awards
The Women in Private Equity Awards recognise the leading women that work in private equity over seven different sectors across Europe.
11/18/2015
Bank trading reform would lift capital needs by up to ninefold
The trading book overhaul aims to enforce stricter separation of lending and trading businesses and limit internal risk transfers between the two.
11/17/2015
Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland 'at risk of further penalties'
Despite the huge sums set aside by 15 major investment banks between 2008 and 2014, Moody’s warned that scrutiny of the activities of bankers was not receding.
11/17/2015
FCA fines and bans former Investment Analyst at Aviva Investors
At Aviva Investors Mr Miah had authority to trade on behalf of hedge and long-only funds.
11/17/2015
Hungary's Top Court Strikes Down Brokerage Compensation Law
The judges invalidated clauses in the bill which they said discriminated among brokerage clients, according to the ruling posted on its website on Tuesday.
11/17/2015
Tyrie tells regulators to resist bank lobbying
Treasury select committee chair Andrew Tyrie has warned regulators to stand firm in the face of a lobbying drive by banks to water down regulation.
11/16/2015
KBC to liquidate KBC Financial Holding Inc. (US)
That process has since been completed, with KBC collapsing the last two CDOs it held in portfolio in September 2014 see press release of 1 October 2014.
11/16/2015
Italian businessman and glamour model convicted of recruiting prostitutes for Berlusconi's parties
Gianpaolo Tarantini and Sabina Began, "Queen Bee" of Berlusconi's female entourage, accused of recruiting 26 showgirls to attend parties at the then prime minister's homes in Rome and Milan
11/16/2015
CPA Ireland Enters Mutual Recognition Agreement with the South African Institute of Professional Accountants
This agreement builds on the MoU signed between the two bodies previously
11/16/2015
French Company Fined US$772 Million To Resolve Bahamas And Other Bribery Charges
In total, Alstom paid more than US$75 million to secure more than $4 billion in projects around the world, with a profit to the company of approximately US$300 million.
11/15/2015
UK regulator cancels enforcement conference
The Financial Conduct Authority has cancelled one of its long-running conferences for investment managers that had become an important fixture for the industry.
11/15/2015
Jailed former Leeds United boss to pursue legal battle with Dubai employer
Haigh was sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of “breach of trust” by the Dubai Criminal Court in August.
11/13/2015
UKSIF reaction to Government announcement fiduciary duty will not be clarified in law.
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association has expressed its extreme disappointment that the Government has chosen not to clarify fiduciary duties in law.
11/13/2015
Columbia Threadneedle Investments: Groundhog Day for financial markets latest commentary from Mark Burgess, CIO EMEA and Global Head of Equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Critics of the Fed would argue that the Federal Open Market Committee has simply been too transparent, and that policymakers have painted themselves into a corner.