09/12/2011
The banks will be forced to STOP gambling with your money... and they can meet the costs
Complaints against banks are on the increase, we learned last week.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/12/2011
Eve of the battle of the banks
Meanwhile, Ed Miliband waded into the debate with a call for irresponsible bankers to be "struck off" like doctors or lawyers.
09/07/2011
German court to rule on eurozone rescue
Germany’s powerful constitutional court will on Wednesday rule on whether the country was right to bail out Greece and other eurozone members last year, in a long-anticipated judgment that could result in greater parliamentary control over future re
09/07/2011
Revealed: the dramatic US charges against UK banks
Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC routinely breached their own mortgage-lending rules and bullied surveyors into wildly inflating valuations of American properties in the run up to the credit crunch, it has been claimed.
09/07/2011
UK Banks Set to be Sued by US Over ‘Liar Loans’ Fiasco
In the latest blow to the beleaguered industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is poised to file lawsuits seeking many billions of dollars in compensation, alleging the banks broke securities laws.
09/06/2011
Punter Southall takes over 100 schemes from Brewin Dolphin
Punter Southall buys Brewins' corporate pensions arm
09/05/2011
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
HSBC UK clients probed on Swiss accounts taxes - Times
09/05/2011
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
Elena Ambrosiadou in surveillance and harassment fight
09/05/2011
UK banks face US lawsuit over toxic mortgage debt
UK banks face US lawsuit over toxic mortgage debt
09/05/2011
Credit Suisse sued over risky US investments
Credit Suisse sued over risky US investments
09/05/2011
SFO joins US inquiry into bank practices
SFO joins US inquiry into bank practices
09/02/2011
Libyan citizens in UK have funds unfrozen
The plea came after the bank received apparently contradictory instructions from the old and new regimes requiring it to freeze the accounts (the old regime) and unfreeze the accounts (the new regime).
09/02/2011
FSA freezes firms’ assets
FSA freezes firms’ assets
09/02/2011
Italy courting disaster with austerity plan chaos
Italy’s plan to balance its budget by 2013 lacks detail, does not add up and changes from one day to the next, raising the risk that the country will be sucked back into the middle of the eurozone debt crisis.
09/02/2011
Bakers and DLA lose Amsterdam lawyers to financial services start-up
A team of lawyers drawn largely from the Amsterdam offices of Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper has launched a new firm focusing solely on financial services law.
09/01/2011
London biggest loser as banks look to book trades overseas to reduce costs
Banks in Europe are exploring ways to cut costs by routing more of their trades and other business through overseas subsidiaries, a plan that may shift tax revenue away from London and loosen European regulators’ influence over the lenders.
09/01/2011
Pinsents and SJ Berwin consider merit-based partner pay shifts
Pinsents and SJ Berwin consider merit-based partner pay shifts
09/01/2011
UK law firm revenues top £15bn in 2011
UK law firm revenues top £15bn in 2011
08/31/2011
HSBC faces trouble over PPI complaints as deadline looms
HSBC faces trouble over PPI complaints as deadline looms
08/29/2011
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal
UK and Switzerland agree tax deal