11/14/2019
Ex-footballers sue St James’s Place over tax schemes
The rules were changed a decade later after concerns that the schemes were being abused.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/14/2019
Jersey’s Beneficial Ownership Register Cited in FATF Best Practice Guide
The Financial Action Task Force report identifies challenges facing countries such as ensuring the beneficial owners of companies are identified and what key features an effective regime should have.
11/14/2019
Scottish Widows in ‘data breach’ over wrong letters
The error arose when the employee was completing the same task for two different customers at the same time.
11/13/2019
UK employers' hiring plans lift off 18-month low: CIPD
Low unemployment and solid wage growth have helped cushion the economy while businesses have cut investment due to the U.S.-China trade war and Brexit uncertainty.
11/13/2019
Morning Coffee: Shock as senior ex-Deutsche and Nomura bankers get preliminary jail sentences; Iqbal Khan's plan for UBS
Equally significant is the seniority of the ex-Deutsche and ex-Nomura bankers involved.
11/13/2019
Andersen Global Announces First Collaboration in Croatia
This collaboration will allow us to take our client service to the next level and expand our footprint more broadly. We are excited to work closely with our Andersen Global colleagues regionally as well as internationally.
11/13/2019
EU Exit: PRA statement on ACPR response to EIOPA recommendations for insurance sector
The French regulator, Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), has indicated in its response that it does not intend to comply with EIOPA’s Recommendation 6
11/13/2019
Corporate Investigations - Keeping Your Cards Close to Your Chest
The company appealed.
11/13/2019
Trust punch ups
Litigation has seen a sharp rise since the credit crunch with beneficiaries questioning their trustees and investment consultants providing context to UHNW clients on investment returns.
11/13/2019
Jersey structures for philanthropy
Philanthropy is important for many families, with increasing numbers establishing new structures to support particular altruistic causes that they identify with, whether those causes are technically charitable or not.
11/13/2019
Pubs, Privilege and Improper Purposes
Shell argued that both the conversation in the pub and the email were subject to legal professional privilege and could not be relied upon by Mr Curless.
11/13/2019
Jersey: Fit for the future
The collective strength of Jersey’s legal profession – its skills, its responsiveness, its tenacity, its expertise and its experience – cannot be underestimated.
11/13/2019
Maples Partner A "Rising Star" at European Legal Awards
The awards celebrate rising star lawyers across 20 different practice areas from 19 European countries.
11/13/2019
SGSS Mandated by Alfastrakhovanie Group to Provide Depositary and Custody Services in Russia
AlfaStrakhovanie is the largest private insurance company in Russia.
11/12/2019
RDP Law Gains Record Number of Listings in Leading Law Firm Guide
The firm has also been joined, in recent weeks, by Matthew Wells, who was recommended as one of Wales’ leading matrimonial lawyers by last year’s rankings.
11/12/2019
Libra Under Threat as European Central Bank Confirms Move Toward a Digital Currency
Draghi's departure may accelerate ECB digital currency plans.
11/12/2019
French Central Bank Job Posting Reveals Digital Currency Program
The bank also wants the analyst to experiment with other blockchain specialists in the eurosystem, participate in blockchain proof-of-concepts within and outside the bank and identify economic issues related to how monetary policy is conducted.
11/12/2019
Advisers warned about switch to automated tax
The government is currently subject to purdah rules ahead of the December 12 general election but FTAdviser understands should it be elected it will put the plan forward in the next Finance Bill.
11/12/2019
ESMA advice on the supervisory regime for TC-CPPs
The two-tier regime introduced with EMIR 2.2 requires that a Tier 2 TC-CCP must comply, at recognition and on an on-going basis, with all CCP requirements under EMIR in addition to the requirements of its home country.
11/12/2019
EBA speech on EU-wide stress test
The data showed that, in aggregate terms, the EU banking sector was resilient to adverse shocks, thanks to the continuous strengthening of capital positions by the major EU banks since 2011.