12/10/2014
The FCA has published the findings of its thematic review concerning complaint handling which identified four main barriers within firms that in the FCA’s view, prevents effective complaints handling under DISP:
12/09/2014
Square One Law’s new partner, Francesca Angelucci, talks about her return to Newcastle and the opportunity of leading the firm’s experienced private client services team.
12/09/2014
Commercial law firm Square One Law has recently completed the expansion of its property team after a series of experienced, senior appointments.
12/09/2014
Malta, a domicile targeting the insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bond and reinsurance convergence sector, has now completed its Securitisation Cell Company regulations which bring together the special purpose reinsurer concept with protected cells
12/09/2014
The Financial Conduct Authority today set out details of how it intends to meet the regulatory challenges ahead following a detailed review of its strategy, priorities and ways of working.
12/08/2014
The European Union may ditch plans to force banks to keep high-risk trading activities separate from their main businesses because of opposition from some member states.
12/08/2014
The IOR has been trying to rid itself of a reputation for shady dealings
12/08/2014
The authorities closed the banks for two weeks in spring 2013 as they put the final touches on a ¤10bn bailout by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
12/08/2014
They are expected to stand trial alongside former RPMartin brokers Terry Farr and James Gilmour, who pleaded not guilty last December.
12/08/2014
The allegations came in a Bank of Spain report submitted to a court investigating the public listing of Bankia, many of whose customers lost their savings.
12/08/2014
She said her job was to get them "things money can't buy
12/08/2014
Tory Stephen Barclay says government’s expected anti-corruption plan does not address flaws in financial system
12/08/2014
This comes as a number of countries and global regulatory bodies introduce their own tax reporting standards in response to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
12/08/2014
New UK firms are required to have an increasing amount capital in place right from the start
12/08/2014
Three men have been convicted of fraud as part of the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) investigation into a £23m 'green' energy investment
12/08/2014
Investigations into the possible abuse of reference rates such as the London interbank offered rate (Libor) or foreign exchange fixings have dogged banks since a post-financial crisis regulatory backlash against the sector.
12/08/2014
Northern Ireland's Attorney General has accused Bank of Scotland of "criminal fraud".
12/05/2014
Bankia group’s financial statements included in the prospectus for the bank’s initial public offering in 2011 didn’t give a “faithful image” of the lender
12/05/2014
Barclays Plc asked that a federal judge in New York handle claims it hid the role of high-frequency traders in its dark pool, saying the evidence in the case is “incredibly complex” and includes millions of trading records.
12/05/2014
The Finance Ministry presented an accord yesterday that will enable the full settlement of priority claims against the nation’s lenders.