02/17/2020
The liquidator alleged that a director of the Company had breached his statutory duties as a director of the Company under the UK Companies Act during the course of the administration.
02/17/2020
The Applicant applied for an interim proprietary injunction over the Bitcoins that remained in the cryptocurrency exchange account.
02/17/2020
During this transition period, EU laws and regulations will continue to apply in the UK and UK entities can continue to work in Luxembourg on the basis of their passporting rights.
02/17/2020
IOSCO notes that where a regulatory authority has determined that a cryptoasset is a security and falls within its remit
02/17/2020
The Italian anti-money laundering law at the time considered the IOR an entity coming from a non-European jurisdiction, and so “not equivalent” to the Italian anti-money laundering system.
02/17/2020
The purpose of this new update of the supervisory framework is to address one of the priority goals of the action plan for Capital Markets Union
02/14/2020
The controversy began several years ago with the search and seizure of Google France’s premises.
02/14/2020
The investigation is actually focused on transparency and whether I was transparent with and open with the bank, and with the board, with respect to my relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
02/14/2020
The agreement will help meet the organisations’ shared values to help companies conduct business in the right way and grow through the adoption of internationally recognised best practice by going beyond just meeting regulatory requirements.
02/14/2020
Speech by Mark Steward, FCA Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, delivered at the City & Financial Global Ltd event, London.
02/14/2020
The DB amendment requires the government to lay before both the House of Lords and House of Commons a strategy for protecting public sector DB schemes within six months of the Pension Schemes Bill becoming an Act.
02/14/2020
The tax case is the first over what has become a national financial scandal in Germany
02/14/2020
Key pillars supporting the shift towards a more sustainable financial system are the measurement, verification and disclosure of ESG factors.
02/14/2020
Credit impairments matter because they’re the number one reason for bank failure. Banks make loans to apparently sound borrowers, then circumstances change.
02/14/2020
This comes after earlier this week calls for reform to the FSCS risked falling on deaf ears amid a refusal by the economic secretary to the Treasury to accept responsibility for setting the lifeboat scheme's levy.
02/14/2020
The European securities regulator will start to probe sustainable finance, looking for risks including greenwashing and climate risks, and may use stress tests in some market segments.
02/14/2020
The FCA asked the firms for data on all the retirement income advice recommendations made over the past two years.
02/14/2020
The court dismissed an appeal brought by Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of an Azerbaijani banker
02/13/2020
It is therefore important for people who deal with property to understand how adverse possession works - and if you own land, how to avoid losing it.
02/13/2020
This is the first of a series of ESG-focused Insights to be published by our ESG Working Group.