01/06/2015
His high profile arrival at Dechert signalled the firm's push into the London disputes market, with his move following that of DLA Piper's global co-head of litigation Neil Gerrard.
01/06/2015
Some disinflation is good for Europe, and attempts to fight it won’t work anyway.
01/06/2015
A single rulebook for the resolution of banks and large investment firms in all EU member states came into force on January 1, 2015.
01/05/2015
The man reputed to be the best-paid lawyer in Yorkshire saw his remuneration fall 17 per cent to £1.645m last year, latest accounts reveal.
01/05/2015
The UK government is set to debate a potential ban on the non-disclosure agreements that pension funds and asset managers use to conceal their fees.
01/05/2015
The member believed he would get an annual pension of £9,540 from the fund but this was revised down to £8,878 after changes to the scheme's late retirement calculations.
01/05/2015
Global consulting firm Towers Watson is being sued by one of the UK’s largest pension funds for more than £47 million
01/04/2015
Chris Newlands asks if the lifetime ban of a former BlackRock managing director is too harsh
01/03/2015
The Royal Bank of Scotland is to slash its bonus pool for bankers this year in response to an EU clampdown and a swathe of swingeing fines from regulators.
01/03/2015
The Business Secretary wants to extract a promise from bank executives over the closure of rural branches
01/02/2015
HM Revenue & Customs has indicated a review is under way of the complicated rules that an offshore pension has to meet to become a QROPS.
01/02/2015
Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, may be pushing hard for a weaker euro to spur growth in Europe, but his central bank peers seem to be several steps ahead of him.
01/01/2015
The FCA issued a total of over £1.4bn in fines in 2014 against a total of 37 firms. This is a massive 210 per cent increase on the £474.2m issued in fines in 2013.
12/31/2014
The Vatican Bank is the latest to join the ranks of a hundred other countries worldwide that have agreed to the terms of the FATCA
12/31/2014
For banks, 2014 was the year of penalties
12/31/2014
If we had some interest rate margin left, there would have been a unanimous decision to cut rates.
12/31/2014
The consultation was conducted by the Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce.
12/29/2014
The legal wrangling isn’t entirely over
12/29/2014
LAW firm Cripps has seen turnover grow by 25 per cent in the first half of its current financial year.
12/28/2014
The pension details are contained in a response to a Freedom of Information request from the EA