03/01/2016
The FRC found that in relation to year ends for 2007 and 2008, the firm and McClean failed to obtain an adequate general understanding of the legal and regulatory environment in which PMS operated for the purposes of the audit.
03/01/2016
The EU’s bonus cap limits the size of any variable payment to 100pc of the banker’s salary, or 200pc if shareholders approve.
03/01/2016
National regulators must explain if they diverge from the rules as set out by the bloc's European Banking Authority (EBA).
03/01/2016
In an update on this work, published today (29 February), the FCA said disclosure to investors in one of three areas the industry should focus on.
03/01/2016
The FCA gave Cross Keys Estate & Finance Limited final notice of its refusal after the firm failed to refer the regulator’s decision to the Upper Tribunal within 28 days.
03/01/2016
Law firm opens new commercial division
A handful of new recruits are being taken on.
03/01/2016
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pushed Lloyds Banking Group Plc to give bondholders more details on the terms of its buyback offer as the British bank prepares for a legal battle with creditors in the U.K. Supreme Court
02/29/2016
The use of trusts is under attack in a number of European jurisdictions, and the OECD's Common Reporting Standard poses significant further threats to their use.
02/29/2016
Latest accounts for Mrs Blair's law firm show massive cash boost amid deals to advise autocratic regimes in Kazakhstan and Maldives
02/29/2016
Lobbyists defend the interests of corporates against disruptive technologies, writes Paul Marshall
02/29/2016
Currently, pension fund charges are subject to both UK and EU regulatory requirements
02/29/2016
Pease, who joined Henderson following its acquisition of New Star
02/29/2016
The news comes after a six-partner team from Kirkland announced they would exit the firm to set up a City private equity team at Sidley Austin.
02/26/2016
A statement from prosecutors said: "The Swiss bank is suspected of having directly, and not via its Belgian subsidiary, approached Belgian clients to convince them to set up constructions aimed at evading taxes."
02/26/2016
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG have shuttered activities in the country.
02/25/2016
The scenario implies negative growth in the EU’s gross domestic product in 2016 and 2017 of, in the worst case, minus 1.3 per cent
02/25/2016
A lawyer for Lloyds told a pre-trial hearing that the note, written by former Lloyds board director Archie Kane on Oct. 10, 2008
02/24/2016
The hearing is expected to run for four or five days, although the judgment may not come in the same week.
02/24/2016
MiFID II, the European regulatory framework designed to improve the transparency and oversight of financial markets, is moving responsibility to understand the distribution chain
02/24/2016
Banks accused of mis-selling of interest rate swaps may escape having to pay out more in redress to clients after a High Court in London on Wednesday dismissed an application to review the handling of the compensation process.