12/02/2016
UK court adjourns Barclays Qatar case until May
A London court case in which one of Barclays’ most senior investment bankers is claiming unfair dismissal has been postponed until May.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
12/02/2016
Standard Chartered and Coutts hit with fines by Singapore regulator
Singapore's regulator launched its investigation
12/01/2016
Bankers Beware as European Freezing Orders Edge Ever Closer
The Regulation envisages a single standard court application to target account in one or more Member States.
12/01/2016
ECON report on PRIIPs Regulation
The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) has published a report on the proposed Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) Regulation.
12/01/2016
Expert comment: £10m financial services poaching case dropped
Financial services firms are paying the price for failing to give proper consideration to restrictive covenants
12/01/2016
Panama Papers: Europol links 3,500 names to suspected criminals
Law enforcement agency analysis uncovers probable matches connected to terrorism, money laundering and organised crime
12/01/2016
Tribunal adjourns ex-Barclays banker's whistleblowing case
The Financial Times and other publications have challenged the SFO's petition
12/01/2016
Advice firm CEO faces ban and fine over unsuitable SIPP advice
The Authority has decided that he is not fit and proper to perform senior management or significant influence functions in relation to regulated activity in financial services.
12/01/2016
Two plead guilty to insider dealing
He had worked for Logica for many years in the Finance Team and was a trusted member of the management reporting team at the heart of the company.
12/01/2016
Barclays hid huge tranche of Libor data from officials
A London property investor and owner of the Trocadero shopping centre.
12/01/2016
In Focus: Malta Citizenship By Investment Programme
Malta Individual Investor Programme, is the first citizenship by investment programme in the European Union
11/30/2016
Payment Strategy Forum publishes final Strateg
Key elements of the Strategy include a "Confirmation of Payee" safeguard to help prevent financial fraud and a focus on FinTech and innovation.
11/30/2016
HSBC and Barclays deemed less risky by global financial regulator
The decision to downgrade the capital that must be held by HSBC and Barclays
11/30/2016
British Law firm eyes US merger
They confirmed last night that it was in talks with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
11/30/2016
Aberdeen law firm snapped up by Shepherd + Wedderburn
Based in Aberdeen’s West End, CLP was formed in January 1995 by Mr Anderson alongside Ian McLennan – now retired – and Innes Miller, who is now a partner at Aberdeen law firm James and George Collie.
11/30/2016
RBS fails stress tests and Barclays struggles but Mark Carney says your money is safe
UK banks are resilient and calls for an "orderly Brexit"
11/30/2016
Central Bank of Germany Reveals Functional Securities Blockchain
Development will be focused on analyzing the technical benefits and scalability of the software.
11/29/2016
More defections for KWM as Goodwin Procter nabs four partners
Goodwin Procter hinted at the time that it had ‘extended offers to certain other London-based KWM partners’, fueling speculation that Mr Halford’s team was soon to follow.
11/29/2016
The ESRB issues eight Warnings on medium-term residential real estate vulnerabilities and a Recommendation on closing real estate data gaps
The ESRB decided to issue these warnings following a forward-looking Union-wide assessment of vulnerabilities relating to residential real estate.
11/29/2016
Latvia fines Swedbank for failings in anti money laundering measures
The watchdog slapped a fine of €1.36mn on the bank before agreeing on a correction programme.