02/04/2016
Deutsche Bank AG must face a U.S. lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for causing US$3.1 billion of investor losses by failing to properly monitor 10 trusts backed by toxic residential mortgages
02/04/2016
Rates swaps are usually classified as less risky and capital consumptive than equity or credit derivatives.
02/04/2016
On 27 January 2016, the FCA issued a statement to clarify an issue that there is uncertainty in the market as to whether an individual in charge of a firm’s legal function requires approval under the new Senior Managers Regime (SMR) when it enters i
02/04/2016
Santander plans to have a force of 225 advisers across the country by the end of March.
02/04/2016
French couple sued former IMF head on financial fraud and misuse of corporate assets.
02/04/2016
BSI is a relative latecomer in Singapore's private banking scene, having started business here only in 2010.
02/04/2016
Employment law specialist targeting growth in city after recruiting non-executive director David Ost
02/03/2016
Esma studied the performance and disclosure documents of 2,600 funds across Europe over 2012-2014 and found that between 5 and 15 per cent of retail equity funds “could potentially be closet indexers”.
02/03/2016
Two senior compliance staff hired by HSBC Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of the main British bank, have unaccredited business degrees, a Channel 4 News investigation finds.
02/03/2016
Regulators fine firms £18mn after insurer collapses
This misconduct contributed to the failure of several insurance schemes as well as to three insurers going into administration.
02/03/2016
Major international law firm opens its own Iran office in Tehran
This includes the right to provide legal advice in Iran.
02/03/2016
Delaware Court Enforces ‘Good Faith’ Negotiations, New Disclosure Requirements for UK Companies and UNFCCC Adopts ‘Paris Agreement’
02/03/2016
Britain has clashed with Brussels on various elements of financial regulation introduced since the crisis, most prominently on the issue of a cap to banker bonuses.
02/02/2016
Gazprombank’s London office had been effectively dormant since 2012, when the bank withdrew its application for a UK investment banking license after authorities demanded more information about its shareholders, Bloomberg reported at the time.
02/02/2016
The court rejected an appeal by HSBC that charges first brought in April for facilitating tax fraud and illegal practices be dropped.
02/02/2016
This is the fourth company in the British Virgin Islands that KRIK journalists found is connected to Mali.
02/02/2016
Barclays said this raised questions about the potential for capital distribution given that the half-year dividend was already just 0.75p.
02/02/2016
Lender ‘disappointed’ as French court rejects its requests
02/02/2016
The signing ceremony will take place during the 10th session of the Egyptian-Russian Committee meetings.
02/01/2016
Ayesha Vardag is known as the ‘Diva of Divorce’ after acting for heirs and heiresses, tycoons, footballers, celebrities and royalty in big-ticket financial legal cases.