11/10/2014

FCA reassures fund managers on new EU sales rules

The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK market regulator, has moved to reassure asset managers and financial advisers over new European Union rules that could redesignate £125 billion of standard UK retail funds as “complex investment products

11/10/2014

Single family offices and the AIFMD - should you be bothered?

Despite the exemption for single-family offices, the AIFMD may still have unexpected specific consequences for single family businesses, or, at least, for family single offices managing the wealth generated by large single family businesses.

11/07/2014

Jersey Private Trust Companies

Private trust companies have been widely used in international structured finance transactions and are now used increasingly by high net-worth private clients.

11/06/2014

Major banks face competition probe

A full-blown competition investigation is to take place into the dominance the major banks have over personal and business accounts

11/05/2014

EBA opinion on CRD IV use of special allowances by Withers

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published an opinion on the application of the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV), the principles of remuneration policies of credit institutions and investment firms and the use of special allowances.

11/05/2014

Market abuse surveillance: A reminder for prop and client traders

Patrick Spens, head of market monitoring, at the FCA recently spoke about the FCA’s market surveillance tools and expectations, which serves as a reminder to firms to ensure that they have adequate systems and controls to detect market abuse and sus