05/19/2014
Chicago-based law firm creates London asset management group with double hire
The firm has also promoted former Sidley Austin funds partner Barry Breen to head of London financial services.
05/19/2014
In an Update in December 2013, we discussed the status and implications of two cases concerning the alleged mis-selling of LIBOR-related derivatives products.
05/19/2014
The rich are going to be heavily impacted by ongonig regulatory change
05/18/2014
Global plans to prevent taxpayers from having to pay for big bank failures are at risk because banking supervisors in Europe and Asia do not fully support some of the proposals aimed at drawing a line under the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
05/16/2014
Interdealer brokers are expected to act as trusted intermediaries and are key conduits of market information
05/15/2014
Italian prosecutors investigating the derivative contracts at Monte dei Paschi ordered in April 2013
05/15/2014
The US Justice Department is seeking tough criminal penalties against European giants Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas as prosecutors aim to demonstrate that no institution is "too big to jail."
05/15/2014
We should not be entirely surprised by Green’s willingness to question some of the biggest names in finance including former Barclays chief executives
05/15/2014
Proposals that will see fund managers break down profits and losses in pounds
05/14/2014
Clifford Chance has today announced that Munich Finance partner
05/14/2014
Hogan Lovells is to close its Prague office this summer following a strategic review of the market
05/14/2014
Eversheds has expanded its London litigation team with the appointment of partner Jonathan Brook, who joins from Freshfields.
05/14/2014
Traders in the City of London who have been affected by the LIBOR and FX-fixing investigations can draw comfort this morning from the case of Clive Roberts, the former head of equities at Exane BNP Paribas.
05/14/2014
The company said the purchase would ‘add depth to the range of its advisory services’. Rooper & Whately was founded by trust planning specialists Matthew Wakefield and Julian Whately in 2009.
05/14/2014
Europe’s securities regulator is in the early stages of a project to improve the ability of national regulators to access swaps trading data, following a troubled start for the region’s trade reporting regime.
05/14/2014
Shearman & Sterling is making its presence felt in the City, squaring up to magic circle firms and looking to muscle in on key relationships.
05/14/2014
Legal reforms which have been promised for the Shanghai free trade zone have proved slow to appear and could be holding up some investment including a possible local firm tie-up by Linklaters.
05/13/2014
SocGen appeals Euribor fine
French bank Societe Generale has appealed against the 445.9 million euro fine it paid last year for manipulating benchmark interest rates, saying regulators had miscalculated it.
05/13/2014
Capita eclipses rivals to win £1.1bn of first-quarter business
Capita has eclipsed its outsourcing rivals Serco and G4S to win £1.1bn of work in the first quarter of this year, with new clients including Transport for London and the retailer John Lewis.
05/13/2014
RBS's US business files for $100m IPO
Citizens is expected to increase that amount substantially once bankers start testing investor demand.