11/11/2016
Calls grow for FCA to pursue PI reform
The costs advisers face are high and seem to be increasing, while the amount of data IFAs have to send to insurers is increasingly onerous.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/11/2016
Effectiveness and proportionality: our financial crime priorities
Speech by Rob Gruppetta, Head of the Financial Crime Department at the FCA, at our Financial Crime Conference.
11/11/2016
A UK Law Firm is Offering Free Legal Advice to FinTech Startups
FinTech companies, this month, who will each receive up to £30,000 of free legal advice, according to Legal Week.
11/11/2016
EU Banks Face 18% Provision Spike Under New Accounting Rules
The new standards require banks to cover potential losses as soon as a loan is made, based on the expected shortfall indicated by their models.
11/11/2016
Company pension funds show support for German reform proposal
The government’s plan to do away with guarantees would ensure that pension promises excepting those from providers considered IORPs under EU rules would remain
11/11/2016
Britain rethinks property fund rules after Brexit investor panic
British and global authorities are already concerned about the knock-on effects to other markets if funds are forced to sell off assets quickly
11/10/2016
Up to €600,000 in Dubai account to be transferred, court told
Money to go to liquidator of Irish company Arden Forestry Management
11/10/2016
Anderson Strathern looks to strengthen private client service
All against the backdrop of Brexit and indyref 2.
11/10/2016
Government confirms civil and criminal tax investigations following 'Panama Papers' leaks
A special taskforce set up following the 'Panama Papers' leaks has opened civil and criminal investigations into suspected tax fraud or financial wrongdoing by more than 30 individuals and companies, the government has announced.
11/10/2016
PRIIPs proposal for a regulation on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products
The European Commission has published a proposal for a regulation amending the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation. The proposal relates to the date of application of the regulation which the Commission proposes sho
11/10/2016
Savile Row, Harley Street, Mayfair, St James' and Portland Place safeguarded by new Westminster council policy
The policy regulations won't dictate if a particular business can rent a property, but instead, will prevent a developer or lease holder from changing its use.
11/09/2016
Panama Papers' taskforce launches tax evasion investigations
The taskforce has established a Joint Financial Analysis Centre to develop software tools and techniques to analyse the data and intelligence gathered
11/09/2016
Taxation: Council agrees criteria for the screening of third country jurisdictions
The Council's code of conduct group for business taxation will conduct and oversee the screening process, supported by the Council's secretariat.
11/09/2016
European court clears Government in €4bn IL&P recap case
It resulted in the State taking an almost 100pc stake.
11/09/2016
Investigations launched into 22 people for suspected tax evasion following government Panama Papers probe
The Chancellor says nine 'potential professional enablers of economic crime' have been identified
11/09/2016
Brexit: FCA letter to the Treasury Committee on "optimal framework" for financial services
The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published a letter from Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, to Andrew Tyrie, Chair of the Treasury Committee, dated 28 October 2016 regarding questions raised at a Treasury Committee hearing on 20 July 20
11/09/2016
Nine ABN AMRO Stffers Suspended On Mortage Forgery Investigation
ABN Amro already infored regulators DNB and AFM and launched an internal investigation invovling all mortgage records from 2013 to present
11/09/2016
Kirkland wins first mandate from Singapore's GIC in biggest European real estate deal of the year
The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close by the end of 2016.
11/09/2016
Wolters Kluwer to Act as FCA TechSprint Regulatory Reporting Subject Matter Expert
RegTech is devoted exclusively to compliance and related issues, such as risk analysis and management.
11/09/2016
RBS accused of “systematic” failings over treatment of small firms
The Financial Conduct Authority yesterday released key findings from a two-year review of the GRG, which examined 207 cases over a six-year period.