05/19/2014
Recent published decisions of the enforcement division of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have provided for significant civil penalties against high profile financial institutions.
05/19/2014
Due to the on-going conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, there has been much in the press recently about financial and economic sanctions
05/19/2014
Given the significance of these developments, it is worth reminding companies of the changes that took place.
05/19/2014
German bank runs out of patience with 'Wolf of Wall Street'-style behaviour
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.