09/21/2015
Hungary's OTP builds additional risk provisions in Croatia
Bank will also release provisions already created for such purposes in the amount of HRK 66 million.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/21/2015
ICSA Jersey names leading offshore law firm in 2015 Awards
The Awards were judged by a panel of industry experts, the winners will be announced at the ICSA Jersey Annual Dinner, Awards & Graduation Ceremony at the Hotel de France on Friday, 23rd October 2015.
09/21/2015
Valla & Associates opens representative office in Milan, Italy
Boutique business law firm Valla & Associates, Inc., P.C. announced today the opening of a Representative Office in the heart of Milan, Italy.
09/19/2015
Aberdeen Defies China Slowdown With Key Deal
Aberdeen Asset Management is to become the first British fund manager to gain a key licence from Beijing to operate on the Chinese mainland just weeks after turmoil in Shanghai's stock markets hit the FTSE-100 group's shares.
09/18/2015
Germany defies ECB by fortifying national bank control rules
The ECB began overseeing the euro area’s biggest lenders last year
09/18/2015
SABMiller Snubs Long-Time Legal Adviser for Lead AB InBev Role
SABMiller’s general counsel and corporate affairs director, John Davidson, spent his entire career at Lovells
09/18/2015
Successful international arbitration claimants to benefit from certainty of award payment
Companies or organisations engaged in arbitration proceedings against a sovereign state can now eliminate the risk of non or late payment of awards with the launch of a new insurance solution.
09/18/2015
Hedge fund manager says he didn't trade on hacked press releases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the scheme allegedly resulted in more than $100 million of illegal profit over a roughly five-year period.
09/18/2015
HSBC says tech firms may face more regulation on banking services
Flint said he expects technology firms to play an increasingly significant, and positive, role in banking.
09/17/2015
Eurozone races to restructure Greek banks as bail-in looms
When Eurozone negotiators agreed Greece’s bailout in August, they bowed to insistence of Mario Draghi that bank deposits shouldn’t not be touched
09/17/2015
Faegre Baker Daniels Welcomes Corporate Partner
Costanza brings deep experience with Eastern European clients.
09/17/2015
West Mids "Heavyweight" Law Firms Revealed
The top law firms in the West Midlands have been revealed in the latest edition of the Legal 500.
09/17/2015
Barclays banker in Qatar deal sues over pay
A senior Barclays investment banker, who sources say is one of four people being investigated by Britain’s financial watchdog over a 2008 fundraising involving Middle East investors, is suing the bank in a dispute about pay.
09/17/2015
PRA’s Tortoise-in-Chief should let ringfenced banks shell out
Bank bosses are twitchy about how much cash kraal-dwellers might retain
09/16/2015
Alarm bells ring as ‘dirty cash’ floods UK property market
While some dismissed it as an attempt to create headlines, others saw his remarks as signalling greater scrutiny.
09/16/2015
Octopus’s tentacles spread to form tax-efficiency academy
The Octopus Adviser Academy has been launched on the back of the growing demand for tax-efficient investments.
09/15/2015
FCA should rate firms’ behaviour, says Panel
The emphasis of the Panel's work is on activities that are regulated by the FCA
09/15/2015
Trowers & Hamlins to merge with leading South West firm
In 2011 the firm launched a new Birmingham office and more recently expanded capacity in that office.
09/15/2015
Libor scandal: Tom Hayes begins appeal against 14-year prison sentence
Mr Justice Cooke told London's Southwark Crown Court at Tom Hayes's trial that the jail sentence was intended to send a message to the rest of the banking world
09/15/2015
ABN Amro fires more staffers in Dubai fraud investigation
This brings the total of employees fired from the ABN Amro Dubai office up to nine.