08/21/2020
FCA updates TPR webpage
The FCA also confirms that, due to Covid-19, it will hold its Annual Public Meeting as a virtual event on 24 September 2020.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/21/2020
Revealed: FCA paid £13,000 in complaints redress in last 18 months
The FCA has only paid out £13,000 to complainants of its conduct over the past 18 months, New Model Adviser can reveal.
08/21/2020
ECB fears recovery is at risk from a delayed surge in unemployment
ECB chief economist Philip Lane told the meeting that “surveys suggested that employment was lagging output
08/21/2020
CFC Rules in Europe
These rules aim to disincentivize businesses from moving their income to low-tax jurisdictions, as it can still be subject to domestic tax, and thus protect the domestic tax base.
08/21/2020
Former IFA charged in fraud investigation
The case will be listed at Westminster Magistrates’ Court at the end of September.
08/20/2020
Withers acts on precedent setting Court application to gain increased powers for trustees
The Court considered the extent to which it can grant powers under s57 where there is no particular contemplated transaction/disposition and where the new power was of a general nature and not directly transactional.
08/20/2020
FCA Primary Market Bulletin issue 30
The FCA also finalises technical notes it consulted on in an earlier bulletin
08/20/2020
Fiduciary arrangements and trust in Luxembourg: new obligations for local and foreign trustees
All fiduciaries of fiducies and trustees of express trusts administered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg need to set up an internal file on their beneficial owners.
08/20/2020
Billionaire Greensill’s German Bank Draws Regulatory Scrutiny
The size of its balance sheet increased more than seven-fold
08/20/2020
PFS defends associate title as small firms fear chartered downgrade
Personal Finance Society CEO, Keith Richards, has defended the professional body's new associate membership, after IFAs accused the PFS of ‘diluting’ its chartered title.
08/20/2020
HSBC Global AM closes 2nd Vision private equity fund at $260m
The Vision programme was designed in partnership by HSBC Global Asset Management and HSBC Private Banking.
08/20/2020
FCA approves Archax as UK's first digital assets exchange
Tha FCA's decision means Archax becomes the UK's first Virtual Asset Service Provider under the FCA's crypto asset registration.
08/20/2020
Inside the corruption allegations plaguing Malta
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08/20/2020
R&Q signs agreement to acquire BHP captive
Earlier in the week R&Q signed a seperate deal to acquire Inceptum Insurance. Both deals are subject to regulatory approval.
08/19/2020
Covid-19: FCA publishes BI insurance case final transcripts
The temporary relief is subject to issuers applying the accounting treatment foreseen in the IFRS 16 amendment and disclosing their use of the amendment in the notes to their financial statements.
08/19/2020
Banks’ next big target for job cuts: Compliance
One expert sees banking giants cutting their London compliance divisions by as much as 25% as soon as the next 12 months
08/19/2020
Government must take the lead with state pensions dashboards data
Ensuring people trust the information they see when dashboards launch is accurate and complete will be absolutely critical in gaining legitimacy.
08/19/2020
The Brexit banking jobs tsunami that wasn't
This is partly because most jobs that need to be moved out of London have moved already.
08/19/2020
Number of suspected money laundering cases in Germany doubled in 2019
“One problem for us is that the prosecution of money laundering is not traditionally well established in Germany,” FIU boss Christof Schulte told Tagespiegel newspaper.
08/18/2020
Purplebricks fined after money-laundering breach
Under 2017 money-laundering rules estate agencies and buying agencies are responsible for carrying out checks on the financial background of their clients to stop money being laundered through the buying and selling of property. H