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Santander UK fined £12.4m for widespread investment advice failings

Santander has claimed no customers suffered detriment as a result of its advice

Albemarle & Bond collapses into administration

Pawnbroker ruined by reckless expansion and the fall in the gold price calls in PriceWaterhouseCoopers

UBS Suspends FX Traders in New York, Zurich and Singapore

UBS AG suspended foreign-exchange traders in the U.S., Singapore and Switzerland as its investigation into the alleged rigging of currency markets widened.

Lloyds caught in new PPI storm: Taxpayer-backed bank saved tens of millions of pounds by wrongly cutting compensation to customers

One of Britain’s biggest banks has cost victims of the payment protection insurance scandal tens of millions of pounds by wrongly cutting their compensation awards

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Highlight Six Lessons Learned from the FCAs First Year

Record-Breaking Financial Penalties Exposes Need for Conduct Risk Framework and Clearer Understanding of FCA Expectations within Businesses

Hedge-Fund Divorce To Be Heard In London

Tan argued that the British had no jurisdiction over the 15-year-long marriage

Regulatory outsourcing service launched for foreign hedge funds in Europe

Sturgeon was the first regulatory incubator in the institutional space in the UK and we are leading the way once again by offering a full AIF service in Europe

Germany's Bundesbank opens door to QE in Europe

The European Central Bank could buy loans and other assets from banks to help support the euro zone economy

ECB tested as push-back against bank review rules begins

The European Central Bank’s determination to subject the euro zone’s largest banks to the same, rigorous checks is being tested, with countries lobbying for their banks to be treated differently and lenders asking for their workload to be ease

Fraudsters in fake uniforms target clients of Britain’s oldest bank

C Hoare & Co has alerted customers to the ploy and urged them to tighten security as it strengthens its own defences.

Contenders emerge to take Freshfields London corporate crown

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has is about to kickstart the hunt for a London corproate head with former Asia managing partner Simon Marchant and deal-maker Julian Makin emerging as early frontrunners.

Bonuses are back: Will they ever learn?

Will bankers never learn? Not commercial bankers who played a major role in wrecking the economy, this time the regulators are embarking on the slippery path of greed and promises of a honey pot of bonus payments.

Risk ratings – how can clients be sure of what they’re getting?

Regulatory pressures on advisers to ensure investment recommendations are suitable for clients, particularly from a risk point of view, has resulted in a number of risk-rated, risk-targeted and risk-managed solutions appearing on the market.

Guernsey And AIFMD: Offering The Best Of Both Worlds

Fiona Le Poidevin explains why Guernsey provides an excellent platform for AIFMD compliant investments in Europe with all the options available to a financial centre outside the EU.

FCA tells hedge fund giants to show integrity

Hedge funds manage $470 billion in the UK, with 82% of the assets controlled by just 20 large firms

EU adds further 12 names to Russia and Crimea sanctions list - Harneys

Subsequently Russia completed its annexation of Crimea and the European Union issued further sanctions against more Russian and Crimean politicians and officials by supplementing CFSP 145 and Regulation 269 (under new Council Decision 2014/151/CFSP and Co

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