10/24/2013
SJ Berwin has broadened the managerial lineup for its real estate group, as part of the firm’s efforts to line up its practice management structure with King & Wood Mallesons
10/23/2013
The Financial Conduct Authority says it remains concerned about the use of incentives in investment and protection sales and that issues which can lead to misselling,
10/23/2013
The new recruits will join our nationally recognised team of expert advisers who make up one of the UK’s largest Private Wealth practices.
10/23/2013
The Financial Conduct Authority has proposed new rules for regulating the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending industry.
10/23/2013
The FCA yesterday issued a guidance paper indicating that it approved bulk coversion.
10/22/2013
Firms under FCA investigation would not be named until it had decided to take action.
10/21/2013
Half of advisers have thought about launching an execution-only proposition following the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review
10/20/2013
Fugitive banker Raoul Weil arrested in Italian luxury hotel
He was arrested at the hotel and he is now being held in prison
10/20/2013
France probes foreign tyrants' wealth
France is delving into what it calls the "bien mal aquis"
10/20/2013
Two investment advisers have been fined a total of £885,000 and banned from financial services by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
10/20/2013
Moody’s Analytics: EBA’s common reporting standards on non-performing exposures and forbearance are important step towards stronger EU banking union
10/20/2013
The pair are set to leave the magic circle firm at the end of December to join the London office of White & Case.
10/20/2013
Magnitsky was found guilty of tax evasion this summer, almost four years after he died in pre-trial detention in Moscow.
10/19/2013
The staff are being allowed to bring lawyers or witnesses to the talks
10/18/2013
The BNP Paribas unit – its Financial Credits Trading Desk in London – sold distressed subordinated Anglo notes with a face value of $50m to Anchorage New York in December last year for $31.2m.
10/17/2013
Geldards is set to strengthen its nationally recognised Private Client team with the appointment of Claire Johnson as a Partner.
10/16/2013
Family of bankrupt Seán Quinn claim liquidator not entitled to dispose of assets
10/16/2013
The friction between the two private equity partners and the firm’s banking practice has been an open secret for several years
10/16/2013
Consumer complaints reported by financial services firms fell by 500,000 between the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013.
10/16/2013
We look at five areas that wealth managers should pay careful attention to in order to make sure they don't fall foul of RDR rules.