01/06/2015
The European Central Bank is widely expected to begin buying the sovereign debt of member countries to stimulate the euro zone economy, but the effects of such quantitative easing would be "negligible,"
01/06/2015
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority plans to fine the investment banking unit of the failed Portuguese lender Banco Espirito Santo SA for violating listing rules
01/06/2015
Lloyds Banking Group Plc has applied for an exemption to one of the rules forcing Britain’s largest lenders to separate consumer operations from riskier investment-banking units,
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.