10/24/2016
Central Bank Austria Claims To Have Audited Gold at BOE. Refuses To Release Audit Reports And Gold Bar List
The Austrians decided to eventually have 50 % of their gold on own soil by 2020
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/24/2016
Treasury expected to water down reforms on offshore trusts
Government reconsiders removing exempt status from trusts
10/24/2016
Bankers should leave champagne on ice for a while
Goldman Sachs will now open an account for you if you have one dollar and lend you up to $30,000
10/24/2016
Dogs still rule at Metro Bank as it eyes profitability
It has confounded critics with a successful market float earlier this year and remains on track to swing into profit.
10/24/2016
Finland’s Millionaire Premier Freezes Pay in Bid to Save Economy
Prime Minister wants to freeze pay, but boost productivity
10/21/2016
Bank Legal Costs Cited as Drag on Economic Growth
Fines on banks translate into $5 trillion of ‘reduced lending capacity
10/21/2016
Brexit negotiators are 'in cloud cuckoo land', says man who negotiated Britain's EU rebate
As deputy secretary at the Treasury in charge of international affairs the civil servant was tasked with solving the budget problem.
10/21/2016
Octopus Apollo VCT plc : Half-yearly report
This should have reported an increase of 0.85%.
10/21/2016
FCA orders lenders to refund overcharged mortgage arrears customers
The automatic inclusion of arrears balances in customers’ mortgage payments lacks transparency and can lead to harm.
10/21/2016
Updates from Britain's biggest banks expected to reveal further PPI scandal hit
Britain's biggest banks are expected to reveal another mammoth hit from the payment protection insurance scandal in next week's third quarter updates.
10/21/2016
CMA update on retail banking market investigation - Herbert Smith Freehills
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published new documents on the retail banking market investigation
10/21/2016
Tribunal backs FCA over fund manager ban
The Tribunal’s decision was issued following a hearing in September 2016.
10/20/2016
Britain plays key role in ‘allowing corrupt money to flow globally’
It urged the government to do more to combat the lack of transparency in its overseas territories else it risks hampering global anti-corruption efforts.
10/20/2016
Ingenious wins Supreme Court battle against HMRC
The highest court in the land today, however, ruled that the Revenue had breached its duty of confidentiality.
10/20/2016
Industry-agreed disclosure code needed to protect consumers and social media influencers - PRII
It was recently confirmed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that this applies to social media influencers as much as it does to the traditional media.
10/20/2016
New rules on packaged bank accounts have improved standards
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published findings from its thematic review of packaged bank accounts.
10/19/2016
Crunch looms on QE as European Central Bank meets
Up to now, the ECB has been able to sidestep the controversy.
10/19/2016
FCA wants to ban restrictive investment banking contracts
The FTSE 250 and AIM markets, to feel that they need to reward a lending bank or corporate broker.
10/19/2016
Treasury committee pushes FCA to release RBS report
The FCA’s report was initially expected to be published at the end of 2015.
10/19/2016
Culture in UK banking – regulatory priorities by FCA Chief Economist, Peter Andrews
In a speech to the Westminster Business Forum, FCA Chief Economist, Peter Andrews, looks at how regulators might improve conduct in banking and disputes the unflattering assessment of finance made by second US President, John Adams.