03/10/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
FCA and JFSA conclude co-operation framework to support FinTech companies
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/10/2017
French prosecutor seeks two-year suspended prison sentence for BPCE's Perol
Prosecutors had alleged there was a conflict of interest between his 2009 appointment as head of France's second-biggest retail bank and his position advising Sarkozy.
03/10/2017
NIC rise will see ‘big law firm partners’ pay a little more
Treasury seeks higher contributions from lawyers while HMRC targets advisers who enable tax avoidance schemes
03/10/2017
Pension fund manager at Westminster Council 'stole more than £1million from his employer
Ian Woodall, 45, allegedly abused his position at Westminster City Council
03/10/2017
Fund managers back Draghi’s ‘boring’ stance
Schroders economist forecasts an end to the bank's QE programme by 2019
03/10/2017
UK and Japanese regulators to co-operate on fintech
The Financial Services Agency of Japan and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have exchanged letters on a Co-operation Framework to support innovative FinTech companies.
03/10/2017
Forsters announces its proposed acquisition of the Gowling WLG London Private Client team
Leading private client and real estate law firm Forsters LLP today announces its intention to acquire the Gowling WLG London Private Client team.
03/09/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
BoE speech on the assessment and challenge of a central bank’s own financial risks
03/09/2017
Regulation: TRIM stokes IRB stand-off between Basel and the ECB
TRIM targets the models themselves while Basel IV’s capital floors target their outputs.
03/09/2017
Chancellor slaps 25% charge on people who move pensions abroad to dodge UK tax bills
The crackdown could also end up deterring people from transferring pensions into jurisdictions where their savings are no longer protected by UK regulators, but by the local authorities.
03/09/2017
Fiva fines four banks over investment advice
This has led to the companies jeopardising the functioning and effectiveness of the FIN-FSA’s supervision.
03/09/2017
Gov't calls on FCA to ensure regulation benefits outweigh costs
The government wants to see financial services work in the best interests of the consumers and businesses they serve.
03/09/2017
French Q1 GDP growth seen at 0.4 pct - central bank
Its survey showed that the business sentiment indicator for the manufacturing sector had improved to 104 points in February from 102 in January.
03/09/2017
Traders torn between stoicism and resignation as Brexit nears
Trip into the unknown produces range of emotions among workers in London’s markets
03/09/2017
Europe's Markets Need Draghi to Fight Germany's Dominance
It's not just that political fears have driven sellers of French government bonds
03/08/2017
New legislation costly for UK’s foreign investors
A massive tax charge will come into effect in the UK next month
03/08/2017
Professional classes enabled Panama Papers tax evasion scandal
The biggest data leak in the history of journalism and exposed the world's rich and powerful as complicit in a vast offshore secrecy cabal.
03/08/2017
German bank blacklist of Yemeni nationals widens
The entire state of Yemen has been blacklisted by Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank.
03/08/2017
Lax Oversight of Swiss Lawyers Blamed in EU’s Panama Probe
A Swiss lawyer does not have to abide by due diligence rules when it acts as an intermediary in setting up a company that has directors as nominal beneficiaries owners of a company
03/08/2017
Alcentra announces the final closure of its second European direct lending fundraising
Alcentra has been sourcing and arranging financings to middle market businesses in Europe since 2003.