04/10/2015
Moscow court rules Bank of Scotland employee to be held in custody
His house arrest was extended in absentia.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
04/09/2015
New rules ensuring 'disguised' investment management fees will be taxed come into force
Rules designed to ensure that investment managers pay income tax on certain fees
04/09/2015
Constructive notice of fraud for banks
The assets in Papadimitriou were the proceeds of a sale of antiques which had been misappropriated by a Mr Symes.
04/09/2015
Dentons US and McKenna Long to Combine
On the Heels of Dentons' Historic Combination in China, US Merger Brings Clients of Both Firms Advantages in North America and Around the Globe
04/09/2015
Macfarlanes announces five new partners and five senior counsel
Macfarlanes has announced the internal appointment of Jonathan Arr, Richard Fletcher, Lora Froud, Kirstie Hutchinson and Dan Marriott as partners in the firm from 1 May 2015
04/09/2015
OTP private banker misappropriates $3.6 million from his clients
OTP’s private banker has misappropriated approximately HUF 1 bln from less than ten clients by falsifying their signatures and using their money for his own purposes
04/09/2015
Debevoise Names Six New Partners
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Chu, Sally Gibson, Meir D. Katz, Richard Lawton, Jim Pastore and Scott B. Selinger will become partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2015
04/08/2015
High-flying banker nicknamed 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' by bullying male colleagues is awarded £3.2million compensation for harassment
A high-flying banker nicknamed 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' and 'Miss Bonkers' by bullying male colleagues has been awarded £3.2 million for sexual harassment
04/08/2015
Bank execs challenge Dutch society on salary bonuses
A Tweede Kamer hearing about remuneration in the financial sector became confrontational between MPs and three major companies’ executives
04/07/2015
Banks pay out over 60% of profits for wrongdoing
BRITAIN’s biggest five banks have paid out the equivalent of 60 per cent of their combined profits in customer redress and fines for misbehaviour over the past three years, a report out today reveals.
04/07/2015
Securities Commission of The Bahamas Signs Additional AIFMD MoUs
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Union's (EU) Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) with the securities regulators of Cyprus, Austria and Spain.
04/07/2015
Greece Claims €279 Billion In German War Reparations; They're Not Going To Get It
Greece has formalised its claim to reparations from Germanhy over the damages from World War II.
04/07/2015
Pensions and Investment Expert Joins global law firm
She is listed in all major legal directories, describing her aptitude to ‘work with the client to find a solution which best suits the scheme’.
04/07/2015
New payment systems regulator will open up payments systems to non-traditional players
Last week saw the launch of the Payment Systems Regulator, the first time the UK gets a regulatory body overseeing the £75 trillion a year payments systems.
04/07/2015
Debevoise Names Six New Partners
The firm’s commercially savvy lawyers regularly lead strategic transactions and complex disputes for world-class clients.
04/06/2015
Legal Dispute comes to London Trial
DAAR and Bank Alkhair allege the reputational damage was instigated by its former CEO who was dismissed in 2010
04/06/2015
Does More Regulation Make Investment Products Safer?
Regulated versus unregulated is a false dichotomy
04/06/2015
Europe’s secret demands make banks a guessing game for investors
The secrecy surrounding Europe’s new capital targets is unsettling some investors and analysts who say they’re being kept in the dark about the health of the region’s banks
04/02/2015
Biba chief bemoans expensive regulation as FCA proposes 8.4% hike
White highlights brokers already face the most expensive regulation in the world
04/02/2015
Fiducaire Unit Facing Prosecution In Jersey
The Jersey court date has been set to start on 23 June 2015