08/06/2014
ESMA releases responses to MiFIDII/MiFIR Consultation and Discussion papers
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has made public the responses it received to its Consultation and Discussion Papers on MiFID II/MiFIR.
08/06/2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has made public the responses it received to its Consultation and Discussion Papers on MiFID II/MiFIR.
08/06/2014
In the first use of new consumer protection powers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will restrict firms from distributing contingent convertible securities (CoCos) to the mass retail market from 1 October 2014.
08/06/2014
The central bank conducted an investigation to determine whether banks were acting in compliance with consumer protection regulations
08/06/2014
Mid Europa Fund IV is a Guernsey authorised closed-ended investment scheme established primarily to make controlling investments in market leading companies in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey (the Region).
08/06/2014
The former bankers argued that they had an unwritten agreement with the bank that their bonuses would be calculated based on an “economic value added” formula, rather than the profit and loss accounts of their desk.
08/06/2014
The new rules on remuneration have been imposed due to concerns over excessive risk taking and bankers’ role in the financial crash of 2008.
08/05/2014
FATCA is US law, but what does “UK FATCA” mean?
08/05/2014
The Financial Conduct Authority has cracked down on fund managers charging clients for corporate access and revealed last month that only two of the firms it
08/05/2014
The bank said it had sent the results of its internal review to the U.S. authorities.
08/05/2014
Florian Wilhelm Jürgen Homm, a German hedge fund manager who was on the run for more than five years, is wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in a market manipulation scheme designed to artificially improve the performance of eight Cayman I
08/05/2014
Sidley Austin has successfully acted for the Mongolian national railway company in a $55m High Court battle against Standard Bank.
08/05/2014
This latest move, which tracks the individuals and organisations on the European Union's sanctions list, raises the number of people affected to 87 and the number of organisations to 20.
08/05/2014
Barclays won court approval to buy much of Lehman's brokerage business four days after the US company filed for the largest bankruptcy in American history
08/04/2014
Bad behaviour grabs the headlines, but recovery has transformed lenders’ prospects
08/04/2014
The report citied officials from France and other European nations.
08/04/2014
Pinsent Masons has continued to dominate legal advice to the Aim market, increasing its yield of clients from 53 to 57.
08/04/2014
He used a debit card to buy a ticket to Florence
08/03/2014
On a positive note, all responses to our survey suggested that AIFMs were prepared to meet the requirements of the AIFMD and the questions and knowledge demonstrated would support that sense of readiness.
08/03/2014
A non-resident landlord ('NRL') is a landlord who has UK rental income and whose 'usual place of abode' is outside the UK.
08/03/2014
He had hoped to avoid prosecution and publicity by reimbursing Southeastern trains just three days after being caught by a ticket inspector last November.