12/11/2014
Switzerland has charged a former computer analyst at HSBC's private bank in Geneva with industrial espionage and breaching the country's secrecy laws for passing confidential client data to foreign authorities.
12/11/2014
Welcome to the December issue of Withers' Regulatory Watch.
12/10/2014
Prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of three and a half years for Elmer, 59, who embarked on a whistle-blowing campaign after leaving the bank more than a decade ago.
12/10/2014
This could go some way to assuaging German concerns about the ECB embarking on a round of sovereign bond purchases -- a possibility it is considering.
12/10/2014
Scot Young, 52, and his former wife fought Britain's most high-profile divorce
12/10/2014
The new committee will assume responsibility from next month for policies, procedures, systems and controls for anti-money laundering
12/10/2014
‘It is our responsibility to keep evolving so that we continue to be a leading Lincoln’s Inn law firm for many generations to come.
12/10/2014
She has negotiated the final suites of property agreements arising from successful bids including transferring offshore transmission assets to Offshore Transmission Operators.
12/10/2014
The FCA has today published Simon Davis’s review (Davis Review) in full and the FCA’s formal response.
12/10/2014
This builds upon the firm's considerable network of clients and contacts in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
12/10/2014
The FCA has published the findings of its thematic review concerning complaint handling which identified four main barriers within firms that in the FCA’s view, prevents effective complaints handling under DISP:
12/09/2014
Square One Law’s new partner, Francesca Angelucci, talks about her return to Newcastle and the opportunity of leading the firm’s experienced private client services team.
12/09/2014
Commercial law firm Square One Law has recently completed the expansion of its property team after a series of experienced, senior appointments.
12/09/2014
Malta, a domicile targeting the insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bond and reinsurance convergence sector, has now completed its Securitisation Cell Company regulations which bring together the special purpose reinsurer concept with protected cells
12/09/2014
The Financial Conduct Authority today set out details of how it intends to meet the regulatory challenges ahead following a detailed review of its strategy, priorities and ways of working.
12/08/2014
The European Union may ditch plans to force banks to keep high-risk trading activities separate from their main businesses because of opposition from some member states.
12/08/2014
The IOR has been trying to rid itself of a reputation for shady dealings
12/08/2014
The authorities closed the banks for two weeks in spring 2013 as they put the final touches on a ¤10bn bailout by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
12/08/2014
They are expected to stand trial alongside former RPMartin brokers Terry Farr and James Gilmour, who pleaded not guilty last December.
12/08/2014
The allegations came in a Bank of Spain report submitted to a court investigating the public listing of Bankia, many of whose customers lost their savings.