05/18/2021
Former Coutts employee jailed for his part in £1.2m scam
Private bank worker passed on customers’ security details to organised crime gang
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/18/2021
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
By preventing CMCs from managing such claims, the FCA aims to ensure CMCs are not seeking to profit from past misconduct of individuals connected with the CMC.
05/18/2021
ECB Banking Supervision to supervise securitisation requirements for banks
Over the coming months, the ECB will define how exactly it intends to perform these supervisory tasks.
05/18/2021
Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency E-Bulletin
Whilst restructuring plans are a process under United Kingdom law
05/18/2021
Global life insurer admits it helped US citizens hide $1.45bn
Swiss Life Holding AG, Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG, Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and Swiss Life (Luxembourg) S.A. Enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Criminal Misconduct; Agree to Collectively Pay More than $77 Million
05/18/2021
Cyprus files first prosecution in passports scandal
Parliament speaker Demetris Syllouris and an opposition MP were secretly filmed allegedly trying to facilitate a passport for the fugitive investor.
05/18/2021
Pimfa chief: New post-Brexit regulation supports FSCS reform
UK firms will not have to implement the IFPR until January 2022, unless they have a European base or subsidiary.
05/18/2021
The rise in scams and the threat to a legitimate financial services industry
The FCA detected the promotion on the same day it appeared and started immediate inquiries.
05/18/2021
Clifford Chance advises the syndicate of underwriting banks on Euronext’s successful EUR 1.8 billion rights offer as part of the financing of its EUR 4.4 billion acquisition of Borsa Italiana
This transaction builds on Clifford Chance’s leading EMEA capital markets practice
05/17/2021
EBRD statement on Kumtor Gold
The EBRD will work with its shareholders, other international financial institutions and the foreign and domestic business community to highlight the negative consequences of such a course of action and to mitigate its impact.
05/17/2021
Ireland's Implementation Plan to Tacle Economic Crime and Corruption
This is a further step towards the passing of new legislation to set up an independent Corporate Enforcement Authority which is intended to replace the existing Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement.
05/17/2021
FCA announces plans to stop CMC phoenixing
The CMC represented customers claiming more than £5m from the FSCS in claims against the husband’s former financial advice firm.
05/16/2021
FCA consultation on a new consumer duty
The FCA is also consulting on the potential benefits of attaching a private right of action to the new Duty
05/14/2021
The FCA and the BOA encourage market participants in a switch to SONIA
The FCA and the Bank of England support and encourage all participants in the sterling exchange traded derivatives market to take the steps necessary to prepare for and implement these changes
05/14/2021
FSCS cuts levy to £833m as claims and firm failures delayed
Advice firms are still expected to contribute £240m to the levy.
05/14/2021
Fears of ‘significant deterrent’ for whistleblowers as top EU court quashes Lux Leaks case
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Luxembourg’s treatment of whistleblower Raphael Halet “struck a fair balance” between protecting his freedom of expression and the rights of PwC, despite objections from two dissenting judges
05/14/2021
UK listing review: towards a dynamic London market
In addition, the government, lawmakers and the FCA will have to balance how best to reduce the regulatory burden without London losing the reputation for high standards which is of critical importance to its success as a global financial centre.
05/14/2021
EU plans to ban cash payments above €10,000 in AML move
Some member states currently have ceilings on cash payments, ranging from €500 in Greece to €15,000 in Poland.
05/14/2021
Central bankers split on CBDC future
In contrast, Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren has offered up his own, less enthusiastic, views on the subject of a digital dollar.
05/14/2021
FCA proposes stronger protection for consumers in financial markets
The FCA has today set out plans for a new Consumer Duty, which will set a higher level of consumer protection in retail financial markets for firms to adhere to.