03/23/2020
Warning on pension scams as Covid fraud jumps
For those aged under 55, such a move could see consumers hit with a 55 per cent unauthorised payment charge from HMRC and then charged high fees by the fraudsters.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/23/2020
Watchdog sides with adviser facing fraud allegations
The regulator failed to recognise the information flagged by the adviser about the advice firm potentially had "significant regulatory implications", the commissioner warned.
03/23/2020
Potential delay to LIBOR phase out due to coronavirus - reports
Will cease to exist at end of 2021
03/23/2020
Tax Residence - Tax Considerations in Light of COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in a unique and alarming health crisis. In addition to the health aspects, there will be a significant economic impact worldwide.
03/23/2020
EU, US, UK Authorities Grant Relief on Call Recording Rules
Also last week, the UK FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) signalled it will give temporary relief on rules requiring bankers and traders working from home to record calls with clients.
03/23/2020
Visas, travel restrictions and COVID-19
It is important that anyone travelling should monitor the developing situation carefully, and we want to try and help alleviate some of your concern by bringing you regular updates.
03/22/2020
Government changes pension rules: What does this mean for NHS staff?
Pension reform has been a cause of concern for doctors for a while now as many in the field claim they were unfairly penalised.
03/22/2020
Norway May Need to Pull Record $13 Billion From Wealth Fund
If Brent crude keeps trading about 30% below Norway’s budget assumption for the year (some analysts expect it could drop further), the government will need to withdraw about 150 billion kroner from its fund.
03/20/2020
BoE cuts rate to record low of 0.1%
The BoE also decided to buy UK government and company debt, increasing its holdings in such bonds by £200bn to £645bn.
03/20/2020
Ashurst advises Glenhawk on new securitisation
The Ashurst team was led by partner Thomas Picton, assisted by senior associates Matthew Pentecost and Louise Young, and associate Barbara Kramarz.
03/20/2020
Dutch banks agree to 6-month freeze on loan repayments for small business
“Interest and principal payments due in April through September will not be collected from these clients; they can make these payments later,” it said.
03/20/2020
EU Exit: European Commission draft legal text for future EU-UK partnership
The COVID-19 crisis led to the cancellation of the negotiating round scheduled this week in London.
03/20/2020
FCA speech on open-ended funds investing in less liquid assets
Speech by Edwin Schooling Latter, Director of Markets and Wholesale Policy, to Investment Association members.
03/20/2020
The Continued Struggle with Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance
Some AML compliance departments function reactively rather than identifying future problems and responding to them preventively or avoiding the problems altogether—with some compliance departments resembling “factories” more than agile,
03/20/2020
Swedbank hit with record $386 million fine over Baltic money-laundering breaches
The investigation also shows that on several occasions, Swedbank has withheld information from the FSA, information that clearly showed how big the problems, in fact, were.
03/20/2020
Corruption And The Coronavirus
How to prevent the abuse of power during a global health pandemic
03/20/2020
COVID-19: FCA sets out expectations for general insurance firms
The FCA has set out expectations for general insurance firms and provided information for consumers about what they should see from their insurance provider during the coronavirus pandemic.
03/20/2020
COVID-19: Postponement of reporting obligations under SFTR and MiFIR
ESMA continues monitoring closely the implementation by the relevant market participants as well as the impact of the relevant measures taken with regards to COVID-19 to ensure alignment of SFT reporting requirements and supervisory practices in the EU.
03/20/2020
In this time of COVID-19, does personal data privacy get thrown out the window?
Business owners in the private sector have become invaluable partners of contact tracing efforts through their conduct of temperature screening
03/20/2020
Deutsche Bank Says Five Ex-Board Members Probed Over Cum-Ex
Report comes after two London bankers convicted in tax scheme