04/05/2016
Lindsays promote three to partner
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Legal, Regulation & Compliance
04/05/2016
FCA publishes 2016/17 Business Plan
The increase is due to the inclusion of Consumer Credit in operating costs for the first time.
04/05/2016
Britain's financial regulator is going all in on fintech
However, within the report, the FCA makes a big point of talking about increasing the amount of regulation placed on financial technology, companies.
04/05/2016
Goodwin Procter Extends International Private Equity and M&A Platform into France
And as the world gets smaller, having a best-in-class French private equity platform that complements our strong offering in the U.S., the U.K. and Asia is essential for meeting our clients’ evolving dealmaking needs.
04/05/2016
Ex-Barclays bankers' Libor fixing trial due to begin
British and US regulators fined Barclays £290 million over the scandal in 2012.
04/05/2016
Ogier advises Palamon Capital Partners on sale of Towry to Tilney Bestinvest
Raulin Amy said: “We are delighted once again to help long standing client Palamon with their restructuring and on the successful sale of Towry.”
04/04/2016
Ex-Barclays five face Libor-rigging charges
The trial at Southwark Crown Court is expected to last three months.
04/04/2016
British Banks at Heart of Panama Tax-Haven Leaks
HSBC, Coutts, Rothschild and UBS are among the top 10 banks who asked the law firm to set up hundreds of the near 15,600 paper companies to help clients conceal their finances.
04/03/2016
Ex-TRA boss, 2 others arraigned
The UK court heard two officials at Stanbic Bank in Tanzania, which is a subsidiary of the London bank, paid $6m to a third-party in Tanzania to help secure a deal for the bank to raise the 600 million US dollars for the Tanzanian government.
04/01/2016
Former chief Rolf Breuer to pay Deutsche Bank €3.2m over Kirch
Deutsche Bank spelt out the details of proposed settlements with Mr Breuer and a group of insurers that covered the bank’s top staff.
04/01/2016
Advisers labelled ‘inactive’ by FCA register changes
When the regime came into effect on 7 March advisers who worked for firms affected by it - mainly banks and large financial institutions - were no longer listed on the register.
04/01/2016
G20 regulators to propose rules for asset managers in the summer
Global regulators will propose safeguards in coming months to avoid asset managers destabilising markets with fire sales of assets or making promises to investors they can’t keep.
04/01/2016
Appleby Acts for Royal Yacht Hotel in Landmark Refinancing Deal
The deal, financed by Starwood Capital Group, is believed to be the first of its kind in Jersey involving specialist hotel lenders.
04/01/2016
Global regulators move closer to regulating fintech
The Financial Stability Board, which met in Tokyo on Thursday, has agreed on a framework for categorizing different components of fintech and assessing their potential risks.
03/31/2016
Basel watchdog adopts softer rules on banks' rate risk - sources
The Basel Committee will publish the final plan on rate risks as early as next month, the sources said.
03/31/2016
EU Guidelines on Assessing Knowledge and Competence Under MIFID II
Where requested by its national regulator, an investment firm may be requested to demonstrate that these requirements have been met.
03/31/2016
Bank of Scotland tops FCA complaints list in H2 2015
FCA complaints data shows the bank had 11,606 grievances logged against it in the period.
03/31/2016
Oracle and Lombard Risk partner for regulatory reporting solution
Lombard Risk Management and Oracle Financial Services have teamed up to deliver a global regulatory reporting solution.
03/31/2016
Spanish court to probe Bankia predecessor over mortgages
Blesa’s lawyer Carlos Aguilar said his client had not yet decided on a response to the court’s ruling.
03/30/2016
Stung by large U.S. fines, France to tighten anti-corruption laws
By giving French judges a more efficient framework to crack down on bribery, French officials are also hoping to avoid future cases of French firms being forced by courts to allow monitors reporting to foreign governments into their operation, as was the