11/12/2019
If you feel like opting out, Employee Ownership Trusts could be the solution
The potential impact of Brexit, hard or soft, could also be immensely damaging to a number of industries.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/12/2019
Europe’s Weakened Banks See a Road Around New Capital Rules
James von Moltke, Deutsche Bank AG’s chief financial officer, told analysts recently that he sensed a “shift in tone” among politicians and is optimistic that the final rules could be “less onerous” for the industry once they
11/12/2019
Law Firm Revenues Rise as Demand Accelerates, Citi Reports
The first nine months of 2019 saw 5.1% revenue growth for a sample of 190 law firms.
11/12/2019
DFMs turn to managers on liquidity as FCA lays responsibility elsewhere
AFMs could have a more client facing role in aftermath of Link’s issues with Woodford
11/11/2019
Deutsche Bank tech failings hit thousands of payments
Bank retreats on letter to BoE that CHAPS improvements were on track
11/11/2019
Macquarie Group secure key Irish banking licence
Macquarie, which has $A562bn (€349.53bn) of assets under management, confirmed it had been awarded both an investment firm licence and a bank licence in Ireland.
11/11/2019
Deutsche bank officials jailed over Italian bank's false accounting
Deutsche Bank and Nomura face fines and seizures totalling about €160m ($176 million) for their roles.
11/11/2019
EU states push for money laundering supervisor after scandals
The six countries said the new supervisor could be a new body or an existing watchdog, the European Banking Authority, which would need to be beefed up.
11/11/2019
Liquidator liability to pay costs as a non-party to litigation
A recent decision of the English High Court considered whether a liquidator’s firm should be liable to pay costs as a non-party to the unsuccessful litigation pursued by the company in liquidation and the liquidator. The decision will be of interest
11/11/2019
Morning Coffee: Shock as senior ex-Deutsche and Nomura bankers jailed; Iqbal Khan's plan for UBS
Equally significant is the seniority of the ex-Deutsche and ex-Nomura bankers involved.
11/11/2019
Vistra Completes Rebrand of London Legalisation Services
Harnessing our local expertise and global reach across 45 jurisdictions, we believe we are well positioned to create further opportunities for clients and prospects locally and abroad.
11/11/2019
Calls for ban on non-advised P2P sales
In the wake of its collapse questions have been raised as to how retail clients can be better protected in the market, with many pointing their fingers to an outright ban of non-advised P2P investments.
11/11/2019
UK High Court reaffirms right of creditors to use winding up process to pursue debts
In a recent decision of the UK High Court, which will be of interest to all insolvency practitioners, the Court reaffirmed the right of parties to issue winding up petitions as a legitimate means of securing payment of an undisputed debt from a company.
11/10/2019
MiFID II: FCA statement on inducements and research
This will also apply to UK firms in the event of EU withdrawal before or during the extended period.
11/10/2019
22 years of pension savings gone in 24 hours
Pension fraud can be devastating.
11/10/2019
EBA thematic report on NPLs: progress and challenges
The differences in the speed of the recovery procedures, also due to less efficient legal frameworks and thin secondary markets for NPLs, remain the most significant impediments to the further offloading of NPLs.
11/10/2019
EU consumers' protection to be reinforced
Consumer protection is an essential part of the internal market.
11/10/2019
High Court claims by failed UK tax avoidance scheme users struck out
"Parliament has laid down an exclusive appeal process and time limits for invoking it.
11/10/2019
Worldwide freezing orders in support of international arbitration
These orders are also known as 'Mareva injunctions', named for a 1980 decision by the English Court of Appeal.
11/10/2019
Scarred by Malta, Latvia and Cyprus, bigger EU states push for money laundering supervisor
The need for an EU supervisor emerged after repeated failures by national watchdogs at spotting and countering money laundering, the statement said.