12/17/2020
EBA updates its Report on liquidity measures and confirms banks’ solid liquidity position
The Report shows that EU banks have continued to improve their LCR.
12/17/2020
Regulators send ‘Dear CEO’ letter to sector warning of more intrusive inspections
12/17/2020
Mourant advises Highland Europe on their €700 million fourth fund raised in record time
The fund strengthens Highland Europe's strategy and will continue to use its technology expertise to build its portfolio of consumer tech brands and software companies.
12/17/2020
Agreement on UK and EU future relationship continues to hang in the balance
For businesses that trade in goods between the UK and the EU, although careful plans have been laid
12/17/2020
Which are the best Golden Visas to beat the Brexit roadblock
Acquiring UK citizenship will take investors between five and six years but for UK investors looking to maintain their EU status, there are some options that can provide residency or citizenship far quicker.
12/17/2020
New guidance from Guernsey Finance will make it easier for family offices to embrace sustainable investing
Ogier has collated a series of illustrative clauses which can be implemented into a trust deed between a family and their family office.
12/17/2020
Pair convicted of insider trading lose appeal
The FCA also said on occasions it could be shown that Abdel-Malek had inside information on screen whilst exchanging text messages with Choucair and a document relating to one of the deals was found by investigators during a search of her bedroom.
12/17/2020
To summarise the position, Credit Suisse AG in Zurich is thus accused of failing to take all the reasonable organisational measures that were required to prevent the offence of aggravated money laundering (Art. 305bis no. 1 and 2 SCC in conjunction with A
12/17/2020
Continued demand for both issuances has enabled us to increase their size, with the climate resilience bond up to US$ 1.1 billion from an original US$ 700 million and the transition bond up to €625 million from €500 million.
12/17/2020
Thurrock council poured taxpayers' millions into energy company that used cash to set up credit business
12/17/2020
MPC cites Covid crisis and Brexit for UK’s ‘unusually uncertain’ outlook
12/17/2020
Clauses stating that a bank’s provision of services is execution-only and non-advisory are unlikely to be contrary to the requirement of reasonableness in UCTA.
12/17/2020
The new Handbook rules and guidance will come into force on 29 December 2020.
12/16/2020
EU moves closer to protecting citizens from online defamation
It further reported that as per the legislation the companies not following the proposed EU content policies could be fined up to 6 percent of global revenues, and repeat offenders could see their platforms temporarily banned.
12/16/2020
Managing the Luxembourg voluntary liquidation process
Luxembourg also offers compelling structures. Its special purpose vehicles (SPVs), for example, have proven hugely popular with multinational private equity and real estate groups, offering huge potential for tax optimisation when they come to sell their
12/16/2020
Luxembourg Confirms Gibraltar Exclusion from the Benefit of the EU Parent Subsidiary Directive
A summary of the recent Luxembourg tax authorities decision to exclude Gibraltar companies from the benefits of the EU Parent Subsidiary Directive as of 1 January 2021.
12/16/2020
Under the full implementation of Basel III and conservative assumptions, the updated impact is meaningfully lower than previously estimated, using June 2018 data and a consistent sample.
12/16/2020
Banks in the European Union have been able to continue supporting businesses and mostly remained with strong levels of capitalisation.
12/16/2020
Financial Regulation Update
The regulator highlights that complaints volumes are at the lowest levels recorded since 2016 H2
12/16/2020
What the UK's Brexit divorce means for wealthy international couples
Let’s first talk about prenups, or postnups, and how everything is going to change upon the expiry of the transitional period.