06/13/2014
Understanding Basel III with the CRD IV navigator
Basel III was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to the global financial crisis. It is the biggest regulatory change that the banking industry has seen in decades.
06/13/2014
Will Mifid II ban exchange front ends?
One reading of a small clause in the discussion paper suggests big changes
06/13/2014
European Union banks are set to win the right to use a wider range of asset-backed debt to meet their liquidity requirements as the bloc hunts for ways to boost the market for such securities.
06/13/2014
American prosecutors have the catch-all of ‘wire fraud’ to fall back on when all else fails, but Green thinks the odds are stacked against him.
06/12/2014
Regulators must define conduct risk, Nomura op risk head says
OpRisk Europe heard yesterday that the UK regulator needs to provide the industry with a definition of conduct risk to help banks formulate a unified and consistent approach to managing such risks
06/12/2014
The US Treasury Department granted the bank two licenses in February and March for transactions in Iran as sanctions were being reduced against the country.
06/12/2014
Jersey is introducing further innovations to its Companies Law, making the jurisdiction even more attractive for those who use Jersey companies for investment structuring, asset holding and a wide variety of other purposes.
06/12/2014
All 15 of the pensioners were sold N.M. Rothschild’s Credit Select Series Mortgage Loan, advertised as a legal means of Inheritance Tax mitigation.
06/11/2014
The initiative, first unveiled at the G8 summit last year, forms part of global efforts to crack down on tax evasion, and the UK government was vocal about stopping its citizens from using shadowy ‘shell companies’ for money laundering.
06/11/2014
The principles of RDR are not being taken seriously enough by the FCA
06/11/2014
Mishcon's managing partner Kevin Gold said: 'Years of experience advising clients on their business and personal matters has helped us understand that families really are the most complex organisations in the world.
06/11/2014
Carey Olsen is the number-one offshore legal adviser to London Stock Market clients
06/11/2014
Penny Lovell, Head of Private Client Services at Close Brothers Asset Management, comments on ONS marriage statistics:
06/10/2014
Scottish law firms Thorntons, Murray Donald and Steel Eldridge Stewart are to merge later this year to create the largest law firm in eastern Scotland.
06/10/2014
Unlike physical attacks which are localised, these attacks are international and know no boundaries
06/09/2014
Spanish court orders BoI to pay €116m over failed deal
Bank of Ireland must pay €103.5m compensation
06/09/2014
Thousands Lost Savings In £70m Boiler Room Scam
Two international share swindlers named in Mail on Sunday investigations are starting lengthy jail sentences after being convicted in the biggest ‘boiler room’ investment case ever brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
06/09/2014
Barclays faces a £300million lawsuit from Amanda Staveley the hotshot deal maker who helped broker the bank’s emergency fundraising with Abu Dhabi investors during the financial crisis.
06/09/2014
Specialist hedge fund insurance broker warns Asset Managers of ‘Billion Dollar’ liability to Greek Bonds
A note from the Hellenic Ministry of Finance last month announced that any gains derived by non-resident owners of government and corporate bonds would have to be declared to the Greek tax authorities and would be subject to a tax rate of 33% for legal en
06/09/2014
Daniele Nouy is coming face to face with the awkward side of Europe’s banking union.