07/08/2012
Big banks and insurers have been forgiven more than £60m in fines for mis-selling and other wrongdoings by the City watchdog since 2010, an Independent on Sunday investigation can reveal.
07/08/2012
It’s a scandal that broke with a classic newspaper scoop.
07/08/2012
We remain deeply sorry for the disruption our customers encountered, and I would like to acknowledge their understanding and patience.
07/08/2012
A political row in Britain over the fixing of interbank lending rates deepened on Saturday after the publication of confidential advice from UBS to the former Labour government on how to reduce the key Libor rate at the height of the financial crisis in 2
07/08/2012
Its collapse in 2009 contributed to a £58m interim levy on investment advisers.
07/08/2012
Media’s ‘bad apple’ theory no longer works
07/05/2012
The Bill has extended the exemption period given to US companies establishing operations in Ireland under which they can prepare their financial statements using US GAAP accounting standards.
07/05/2012
Over £30m will be recovered from tax dodgers as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launches new taskforces around the country.
07/05/2012
On its face, the AIFMD restricts its scope to the regulation of investment managers rather than underlying funds being managed.
07/05/2012
The Financial Services Authority has told advisers they must make it clear to clients who manages their investments when outsourcing to a discretionary fund manager.
07/05/2012
Pensioenfonds Vervoer, which has assets of 7 billion euros, is suing the bank over the way the unit managed the pension funds.
07/04/2012
The regulator cannot make people or organisations behave better. But it can create an environment that rewards good behaviour.
07/04/2012
The increased levy on income from rented property and capital gains tax on sale profits could cost second-home owners thousands of pounds more a year.
07/04/2012
Barclays was fined £290m by UK and US regulator for attempting to manipulate the rate, which is used to set the borrowing costs for millions of consumers, businesses and investors, by falsely stating how much they were paying to borrow money.
07/04/2012
Out of about 2,000 traders, 14 were responsible for fixing the London interbank offered rate (Libor), said Mr Diamond.
07/04/2012
Among the activities she no longer has permission for are advising on investments and assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance.
07/04/2012
A post-mortem revealed Mr Dymond died from self-inflicted stab wounds to his chest and cuts to his arms.
07/04/2012
He focuses on sponsor and lender leveraged finance work, restructurings of leveraged credits, and emerging markets financing transactions.
07/04/2012
Latham & Watkins will be advising Manchester United on its initial public offering in the United States with Davis Polk & Wardwell acting for US underwriters.
07/03/2012
In its proposals for new sanctions for directors of failed banks, the government also proposed banning directors of failed banks from serving as senior executives at other banks in future unless they can prove they are fit for office.