12/10/2012
Standard Chartered hit by $300m in Iran fines
Standard Chartered will pay more than $300m (£187m) to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan.
12/10/2012
Standard Chartered will pay more than $300m (£187m) to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan.
12/10/2012
As well as assembling the investors, Anglo provided loans to finance the deals and in some cases even bought properties to sell to its own clients.
12/10/2012
The lawyers are understood to be fee-earners, but not partners.
12/10/2012
A US Senate investigation said the UK-based bank had been a conduit for "drug kingpins and rogue nations".
12/10/2012
It was probably the world’s most expensive lunch. When Fahim Imam-Sadeque, an investment manager, invited out a colleague it ended up costing him £1.7 million.
12/10/2012
UBS AG is expected to face a fine as early as this week that may surpass the record 290 million pounds ($466.6 million) Barclays Plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest bank, paid in June to settle claims it attempted to manipulate Libor.
12/10/2012
The FSA says it will take steps through its supervision to ensure HSBC complies with the measures.
12/09/2012
Employees who participated in the trust were asked to help fund a payment of at least a few hundred million pounds if they want to settle with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
12/09/2012
A Senate committee said in July that failures in London- based HSBC’s money-laundering controls allowed terrorists and drug cartels access to the U.S. financial system.
12/06/2012
He will manage the private client department offering a range of services
12/06/2012
Major mis-selling scandals have failed to stop banks pressurising their staff into pushing products which may be unsuitable, Which? claimed today.
12/06/2012
Managing partner Paul Devitt said: "We anticipated a slower start to this financial year than last, given how strongly we started last year, and certainly market and competitive pressures remain significant.
12/06/2012
Creating a major new law firm, Bond Dickinson will have an income of approximately £95m, 1200 staff and operations in eight UK wide locations.
12/05/2012
The package from a trio of banks follows the company’s decision to pull its $1bn listing in Hong Kong in May
12/05/2012
Three former Deutsche Bank employees have filed complaints with the US securities regulators claiming the bank failed to recognize up to $12 billion (£7.46 billion) of unrealised losses during the financial crisis.
12/05/2012
The New York regulator had accused the bank of leaving the United States “vulnerable to terrorists
12/05/2012
Some big companies take advantage of these loopholes to avoid paying millions of euros in tax
12/04/2012
The SFO has instructed 5 Essex Court silk Jeremy Johnson QC to defend a £200m damages claim brought by businessman Vincent Tchenguiz.
12/04/2012
Britain has threatened to veto the creation of a new eurozone banking supervisor unless the European Union also agrees to protect the City of London from protectionist financial regulation.
12/04/2012
Many organisations to miss out on benefits, impacting EU competitiveness, finds study from Steria and EDC