04/03/2017
Scottish Widows launches DB transfer guidance service
To meet this demand, Scottish Widows announced it had created a "digital toolkit" to help advisers meet the growing demand for defined benefit transfers.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/31/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA Primary Market Bulletin No. 17
03/31/2017
Keeping up with the credit sector: the FCA’s view on the market today
Speech by Jonathan Davidson, Director of Supervision – retail and authorisations at the FCA, at Credit Summit in London.
03/31/2017
FCA fines former investment banker for sharing confidential information over WhatsApp
The details of the information he shared included the identity of the client, the details relating to the client mandate and the fee Jefferies would charge for their involvement in the transaction.
03/31/2017
Luxembourg says has legal right to host relocating EU banking body
The European Commission has suggested last week that one option could be to move the body to Frankfurt
03/31/2017
Dutch regulator clears Chesnara-L&G Nederland deal
The increase in value includes an increasingly material contribution from new business profits in Sweden where we have delivered our best ever results.
03/31/2017
U.K.'s Pensions Regulator outlines guidance for corporate pension plan trustees
The guidance includes examples of approaches and factors that trustees should consider when investing DB assets.
03/31/2017
EU response on state aid to arrive soon for the two Veneto banks
The message means that attention is being paid to the process and its timing.
03/31/2017
Linklaters signs up with Obelisk to access flexible lawyer pool
Obelisk’s offer makes sense for our lawyers and our clients alike
03/31/2017
Jail for solicitor who plundered £4m from clients and Church of England
Sums of illegally obtained cash also went on funding mortgages for relatives, private school fees for her grandchild and landscaping work at her home.
03/31/2017
Apfa tells FCA to go further in FSCS reforms
Among the proposals being put forward by the FCA are more provider contributions to the FSCS and a reduced number of funding classes.
03/31/2017
More calls to regulate UK investment consultants
Pensions Regulator suggests institutional advice sector should face greater scrutiny
03/31/2017
GE Capital Exits European Consolidated Prudential Supervision
GE Capital has signed and closed deals representing $198 billion of ending net investment.
03/31/2017
Jersey Continues to have Confidence as an International Finance Centre as Article 50 is Triggered
However, a decade ago Jersey’s finance industry recognised the importance of diversification, and began a strategy of developing business revenue streams from the rest of the world, Mr Cook said.
03/31/2017
Charity censured for selling £21m property for £6m
The disposal of the property was complicated by a particularly restrictive clause in the lease about the use of the property.
03/31/2017
Madoff Deals Locked in Safe at Center of U.K. Hedge-Fund Lawsuit
It may be seeking as much as $66 million in damages in its London lawsuit.
03/31/2017
Luxembourg joins the scramble for the European Banking Authority
The letter was also sent to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, who is also the former Prime Minister of Luxemburg.
03/30/2017
Santander to pay $25.9 million to resolve subprime auto loan probes
The loans were then packaged into securities sold to investors.
03/30/2017
Alternatives: The growing demand for Sharia-compliant UK property funds
The first World Islamic Economic Forum outside the Middle East was held in London in 2013.
03/30/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
Brexit: Prime Minister’s letter to Donald Tusk triggering Article 50