01/09/2015
Broker investigator targeted by FCA
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Legal, Regulation & Compliance
01/09/2015
Can The Art Market Resist Pressure For More Regulation?
Major changes in the art market and wider trends in society are challenging the tradition and duty of confidentiality observed by many art professionals and collectors.
01/08/2015
Millions could have to change bank sort code under ring-fence rules
Banking lobby group calls for plans to be sped up to enable lenders to minimise disruption to consumers
01/07/2015
First convictions for the SFO under the Bribery Act 2010 by Withers
The Serious Fraud Office (‘SFO’) has successfully prosecuted three individuals for a fraud worth approximately £23 million, including securing its first convictions under the Bribery Act 2010 (‘BA’), which applies to conduct
01/07/2015
Squire Patton Boggs Adds New Financial Services Expertise in London
A highly-experienced banking and finance lawyer, Mr. Hayward is well-known and highly regarded for his expertise particularly in the areas of acquisition and leveraged finance.
01/07/2015
FCA fines Execution Noble & Company Limited £231,000 for failings as a sponsor
Sponsors perform a dual role which involves providing expert advice
01/07/2015
Jim Learner Returns to Kirkland & Ellis in London
Mr. Learner has extensive experience advising clients on complex transactions
01/07/2015
Hogan Lovells Announces 24 Promoted to Partnership and 41 Promoted to Counsel, Of Counsel and Consultant
The global law firm includes more than 800 partners in offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
01/07/2015
UK banks years away from end to mis-selling scandal: Ombudsman
Britain’s banks will be paying out compensation to customers mis-sold loan insurance for years to come, having already set aside £24bn to deal with the issue
01/07/2015
EU seeks to dilute bank trading reform
Draft European Union rules forcing banks to isolate their risky trading activities should be eased to take national measures into account and avoid harming markets
01/06/2015
European Central Bank is ‘out of bullets’: Analyst
The European Central Bank is widely expected to begin buying the sovereign debt of member countries to stimulate the euro zone economy, but the effects of such quantitative easing would be "negligible,"
01/06/2015
UK regulator to fine London unit of Banco Espírito Santo
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority plans to fine the investment banking unit of the failed Portuguese lender Banco Espirito Santo SA for violating listing rules
01/06/2015
Lloyds Said to Seek Waiver for U.K. Bank Separation Rules
Lloyds Banking Group Plc has applied for an exemption to one of the rules forcing Britain’s largest lenders to separate consumer operations from riskier investment-banking units,
01/06/2015
‘We are deeply saddened’: Dechert disputes star Antony Dutton dies
His high profile arrival at Dechert signalled the firm's push into the London disputes market, with his move following that of DLA Piper's global co-head of litigation Neil Gerrard.
01/06/2015
QE Is the Wrong Fix for Europe
Some disinflation is good for Europe, and attempts to fight it won’t work anyway.
01/06/2015
Single rulebook for failing banks comes into force
A single rulebook for the resolution of banks and large investment firms in all EU member states came into force on January 1, 2015.
01/05/2015
Yorkshire’s best-paid lawyer takes hit in tough legal market
The man reputed to be the best-paid lawyer in Yorkshire saw his remuneration fall 17 per cent to £1.645m last year, latest accounts reveal.
01/05/2015
UK debates ban on pension fee secrecy: report
The UK government is set to debate a potential ban on the non-disclosure agreements that pension funds and asset managers use to conceal their fees.
01/05/2015
Ombudsman orders compensation for EMI pensioner over ‘loss of expectation’
The member believed he would get an annual pension of £9,540 from the fund but this was revised down to £8,878 after changes to the scheme's late retirement calculations.
01/05/2015
Towers Watson Faces Lawsuit over ‘Negligent Advice’
Global consulting firm Towers Watson is being sued by one of the UK’s largest pension funds for more than £47 million