04/14/2015
Law firm expands its private client team
She will lead the International Estate Planning across our team, which is a growing part of our portfolio.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
04/13/2015
Finding the IBOR That Fits Your Institution’s Needs
In searching for an Investment Book of Record (IBOR), financial institutions (FIs) need a solution built to address the need to record, process and distribute investment data in the different views required by stakeholders.
04/13/2015
Alleged 'Nazi' Android FBI Ransomware Mastermind Arrested In Russia
Four other suspects thought to be members of the cybercriminal gang, who were said to have a penchant for Nazi iconography, were also detained.
04/13/2015
Debevoise Advises Exponent on £1 Billion Fund
The fund will continue Exponent's investment strategy of investing in UK-headquartered businesses operating in the upper middle-market. It will target companies with enterprise values between £75 million and £350 million which operate in
04/10/2015
ESMA accused of not understanding fund management
The European securities regulator's latest draft proposals over the issue of paying for broker research fail to grasp how managers make investment decisions, a forum hears
04/10/2015
One of Britain's biggest lawsuit funders is sold off
Loss-making Therium is backing an investor dispute with Lloyds Banking Group
04/10/2015
'It's only a bit of fraud, I'm not a murderer,' moans £112k conman
Grandfather Craig Tovey, 53, is jailed for two years after impersonating legitimate bank account holders in scam
04/10/2015
Deutsche Bank faces record $1.5bn Libor fine
Deutsche Bank is set to be hit with a fine worth more than $1.5bn(£1.02bn) in what would be the biggest penalty imposed for manipulating Libor
04/10/2015
Moscow court rules Bank of Scotland employee to be held in custody
His house arrest was extended in absentia.
04/09/2015
New rules ensuring 'disguised' investment management fees will be taxed come into force
Rules designed to ensure that investment managers pay income tax on certain fees
04/09/2015
Constructive notice of fraud for banks
The assets in Papadimitriou were the proceeds of a sale of antiques which had been misappropriated by a Mr Symes.
04/09/2015
Dentons US and McKenna Long to Combine
On the Heels of Dentons' Historic Combination in China, US Merger Brings Clients of Both Firms Advantages in North America and Around the Globe
04/09/2015
Macfarlanes announces five new partners and five senior counsel
Macfarlanes has announced the internal appointment of Jonathan Arr, Richard Fletcher, Lora Froud, Kirstie Hutchinson and Dan Marriott as partners in the firm from 1 May 2015
04/09/2015
OTP private banker misappropriates $3.6 million from his clients
OTP’s private banker has misappropriated approximately HUF 1 bln from less than ten clients by falsifying their signatures and using their money for his own purposes
04/09/2015
Debevoise Names Six New Partners
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Chu, Sally Gibson, Meir D. Katz, Richard Lawton, Jim Pastore and Scott B. Selinger will become partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2015
04/08/2015
High-flying banker nicknamed 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' by bullying male colleagues is awarded £3.2million compensation for harassment
A high-flying banker nicknamed 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' and 'Miss Bonkers' by bullying male colleagues has been awarded £3.2 million for sexual harassment
04/08/2015
Bank execs challenge Dutch society on salary bonuses
A Tweede Kamer hearing about remuneration in the financial sector became confrontational between MPs and three major companies’ executives
04/07/2015
Banks pay out over 60% of profits for wrongdoing
BRITAIN’s biggest five banks have paid out the equivalent of 60 per cent of their combined profits in customer redress and fines for misbehaviour over the past three years, a report out today reveals.
04/07/2015
Securities Commission of The Bahamas Signs Additional AIFMD MoUs
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Union's (EU) Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) with the securities regulators of Cyprus, Austria and Spain.
04/07/2015
Greece Claims €279 Billion In German War Reparations; They're Not Going To Get It
Greece has formalised its claim to reparations from Germanhy over the damages from World War II.