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.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
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.
09/14/2015
International law firm strengthens global Employment practice
Her joining follows the recent arrival of Asia-Pacific Employment partners Ying Wang
09/14/2015
Asset managers set for EU pay shake-up
The draft guidelines set out criteria for whether particular aspects of remuneration should be classed as fixed or variable.
09/14/2015
Three More Swiss Banks Have Secured Non-Prosecution Agreements with the DOJ
Since our last update, three more Swiss banks have reached resolutions with the Justice Department under its Swiss Bank Program
09/14/2015
LuxSE and Alfi publish Compilation of Investment Fund Laws and Regulations
The second publication covers alternative investment funds established under Luxembourg law and other investment vehicles which are neither UCITS nor AIFs.
09/13/2015
Charges filed against French head of defunct Bitcoin exchange
The French-born former chief executive of the exchange had been held in detention for six weeks without being formerly charged
09/11/2015
Guernsey extends market access to EU countries under AIFMD
Guernsey's Government, the States of Guernsey, has now amended its Investor Protection regulations for AIFMs and AIFs based in EU Member States
09/11/2015
Ernst & Young affirms LME meets IOSCO benchmark principles
The LME fully supports regulatory efforts to promote transparency, systemic stability and better management of risk
09/11/2015
LME Clear receives Bank of England approval to accept warrants as collateral
The initiative is a natural extension of the collateral pool for LME Clear
09/11/2015
Venture capital licence bolsters Crestbridge pan-European capabilities
The EuVECA regulation, which became applicable in all EU Member States on 22 July 2013, the same day as the Alternative Investment Managers Directive (AIFMD), provides for a common EU framework for fund managers of certain venture capital funds which plac
09/10/2015
New Partner for International Private Client Team
She was recently acknowledged for ‘spearheading a group of Jersey trustees in agreeing the wording for the FATCA guidance notes for Jersey.'
09/10/2015
Isle of Man chief predicts ‘anti-offshore activity’
Isle of Man Government chief minister Allan Bell has predicted a wave of negative campaigning focused on the Isle of Man and the other crown dependences, if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership of the UK’s Labour Party.