10/01/2015
Senior regulator at Bank of England warns of risks of watering down reform
Paul Fisher, deputy head of the Bank’s regulatory arm, says new rules need to be tested in a crisis before being scaled back
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/01/2015
Bentham Europe announces it is coordinating a German shareholder action against Volkswagen AG
The intention will be to instruct lawyers to commence the necessary proceedings as soon as possible.
10/01/2015
Iceland's Landsbanki Luxembourg to face French criminal court
According to the inquiry, from 2006 to 2008 Landsbanki Luxembourg proposed to affluent customers a combination of cash and lucrative investment positions
10/01/2015
Wealthy UK couples avoid divorce court settlements due to media interest
Couples can request reporting restrictions, explains UK firm Hugh James, but are required to alert the media to their application for privacy to give them the opportunity to contest it.
10/01/2015
Regulators comments about P2P lending
Concerns remain about peer-to-peer lending through Sipps.
09/30/2015
Keeping in STEP with industry leaders
High profile speakers will put the latest developments in trusts, estates and personal planning in the spotlight at The Isle of Man branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners' annual conference.
09/29/2015
Top law brands named
The ranking of global brand equity follows a survey of more than 2,300 general counsel.
09/29/2015
SFO to press Barclays over £7bn fundraising in private hearing
A private hearing is to take place in December in which the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is thought to be pressing ahead with seeking legal documents from Barclays as part of its ongoing investigation into the bank’s 2008 rescue fundraising.
09/29/2015
Managers unprepared for final Mifid II standards
The delay in ESMA releasing these standards has also made it increasingly hard for asset managers and advisers to update their systems in time, experts warn.
09/29/2015
Private equity fund settles Brooks Macdonald legal row
The row related to the purchase of zero dividend preference shares in the closed end fund by investment firm Spearpoint in 2011.
09/29/2015
New appointment for Newton’s private client team
Newtons Solicitors has continued to expand with the appointment of a new senior solicitor.
09/29/2015
Tom Dumont’s overview on “I want to cut my child out of my Will!”
He covered the appalling history of the Ilott v Mitson case.
09/29/2015
Wildest Market Swings Since 2008 Put Regulators On Edge
2015 is already the most volatile calendar year since 2008
09/29/2015
ITFA elects new chairman
He takes over the position from Paolo Provero, who retired from his role as general manager of the Milan branch of ABC International Bank in May this year.
09/28/2015
Volkswagen scandal costs Qatar's sovereign wealth fund £3.3bn
Qatar Holding hit hard by losses on German car maker stock market bets turn sour
09/28/2015
The eagle has landed
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis the firm has differentiated itself by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to solving clients’ legal issues
09/28/2015
Swiss authorities probe seven banks for price fixing in metals market
The competition authority said it especially suspected the banks had fixed the prices of bid/ask spreads within the market.
09/28/2015
Deutsche Bank Executive Wrongly Fired on `False' Sex Complaints
The decision, issued in December and only released this week, criticized the bank’s handling of the complaints.
09/25/2015
ECB Faces Defiance on Bank Oversight as Germany Hoards Power
The Frankfurt-based ECB, which assumed supervisory powers over euro-area banks last November, is considering complaining at the European Commission
09/25/2015
Deutsche Bank must face $190 mln US tax fraud case
The government accused Deutsche Bank of using shell companies to avoid capital gains taxes on Bristol-Myers Squibb