07/21/2017
U.S. Hunt for Nigeria Fraud Cash May Come Second to a Small Bank
Banque Havilland SA, a small Luxembourg bank that wrote a mortgage against the property
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
07/20/2017
EFAMA AND AMIC publish joint report on leverage
The FSB and IOSCO seek to identify consistent measures of leverage to facilitate more meaningful monitoring for financial stability purposes.
07/20/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation
FCA notification guide for ancillary activity exemption
07/20/2017
Deutsche Bank expects subpoenas over Trump-Russia investigation
Source reveals Robert Mueller’s team and Trump’s exclusive bankers have established informal contacts and requests for information are forthcoming
07/20/2017
Deutsche Bank Expects Subpoenas Over Russia Probe, Guardian Says
Separately, the New York Times reported that banking regulators are reviewing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans made to businesses of President Donald Trump
07/20/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA findings from suspended property fund review
07/19/2017
Appleby Lawyer Shortlisted as 'Future Leader'
The winners are announced at an awards evening which takes place on 1 November in London.
07/19/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
ESAs consultations on ITS on mapping of ECAIs' credit assessments under CRR and Solvency II
07/19/2017
PQM Standards Review to Provide Further Boost for UK Responsible Investment
In particular the proposals on extending the standards to include an assessment of scheme approaches to corporate stewardship and environmental, social and governance issues.
07/19/2017
Lombard Risk looks to the future with confidence
The roll out of Lombard’s next generation reporting product, AgileREPORTER, continues to present a broad range of opportunities, both in terms of upgrading existing regulatory reporting clients and accessing new markets.
07/19/2017
Non-bank payment service providers to gain access to settlement accounts at the Bank of England
The FCA is responsible for the regulation of non-bank payment service providers under the Payment Services Regulations 2009 and Electronic Money Regulations 2011.
07/19/2017
Government bans ‘rip off’ credit and debit card surcharges
Local authorities and government agencies also impose ‘handling fees’
07/18/2017
Barclays criminal trial set for 2019
The men made their first appearance at Southwark Crown Court on Monday following a magistrates court hearing earlier this month.
07/18/2017
Qualcomm faces fines after losing court bid in EU probe
Qualcomm could be on the hook for penalties ‘in the range of several millions of euros’ for resisting the call for the data
07/18/2017
BNP Paribas faces $246m fine in currency scandal
Cases against traders are ongoing.
07/18/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA publishes MiFID II passporting application forms
07/18/2017
Building a case for litigation funds
It was one of the highest profile cases yet to be funded through third party commercial litigation funding.
07/18/2017
Record year as Mills & Reeve
We believe we are the only law firm in the UK top 100 to have consistently grown profit and turnover each year since 2002.
07/17/2017
ECB considers special assessment of Deutsche Bank shareholders
Normally it is only carried out if a shareholder holds more than 10 percent.
07/17/2017
Country-by-country reporting: deadline approaching for Cyprus companies
It requires multinational enterprises belonging to a group whose annual consolidated revenue equals or exceeds €750 million to report annually in respect of each tax jurisdiction in which they conduct business.