11/03/2013
Legacy SJ Berwin property star quits for Global law firm
He specialises in commercial real estate with particular emphasis on UK and European property funds, property finance, hotel transactions and development.
11/02/2013
U.K. business lawsuits increased 23 percent in the last year as lawyers try to beat a 2014 deadline to bring claims related to the financial crisis.
10/30/2013
Citi, JPM Put Traders On Leave Amid Probe: Report
Amid a probe over possible manipulation of the foreign-exchange markets, both Citigroup Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. have placed their top London-based currency dealers on leave
10/30/2013
Some asset management and platform firms are displaying "common weaknesses" in their defences against money laundering, bribery and corruption, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.
10/30/2013
Regulators in the UK, US and Switzerland are looking into whether banks colluded to set exchange rates.
10/30/2013
Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer has warned that the planned eurozone financial transactions tax must be completely revised
10/29/2013
The Financial Conduct Authority plans to tighten up how asset managers pass on the costs of running funds to the underlying investor
10/29/2013
Barclays has become the latest bank to admit it is facing an investigation into whether its staff were involved in attempts to manipulate global foreign exchange markets.
10/29/2013
Wheatley will say that "this is a critical period for the industry" and that the FCA will now ask challenging questions.
10/29/2013
Speech by Clive Adamson, FCA Director of Supervision, at the FCA Asset Management Conference, London.
10/29/2013
It is a pleasure to welcome you all here today to talk to you about UK asset management – about the leading international role of our sector.
10/28/2013
The Zurich stock exchange’s regulatory unit said it’s investigating Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG for possibly breaching rules on the disclosure of management transactions.
10/28/2013
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has confirmed that it will raise an interim levy on investment intermediaries before June 2014
10/28/2013
The FCA has fined Dutch financial services firm Rabobank £105m for “serious, prolonged and widespread misconduct” relating to Libor manipulation.
10/27/2013
The firm also shook up its eight-member London management committee earlier this year
10/27/2013
Asset managers are under pressure to provide greater transparency and accountability in terms of how they pay for the equity research they receive
10/27/2013
Citigroup will announce details of its eagerly-awaited revamped panel early next month
10/27/2013
A new PwC poll of major UK asset management firms reveals that 100% believe there is a lack of appropriately qualified compliance staff in the market.
10/27/2013
The bank is thought to be facing fines of more than £600m from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, who are continuing their investigations into alleged manipulation of the key interest rate.
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