04/08/2014
Regulation and the Evolving European Institutional Landscape
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04/08/2014
Britain's banks pay out $1 billion for swaps mis-selling
The products were designed to protect smaller companies
04/08/2014
Banks behind schedule on swap scandal compensation
Financial Conduct Authority says banks are not compensating small businesses as fast as expected
04/08/2014
UK banks pay out 600m pounds for mis-selling, FCA says
Britain’s biggest banks have so far paid around 600m pounds for mis-selling interest rate hedging products, according to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority .
04/07/2014
More pain lies ahead for British banks
Banks must reconcile the demands of investors, regulators and customers, says KPMG
04/07/2014
World's Largest Investors Engage Stock Exchanges on Sustainability Reporting Standard for Companies
Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors across the globe, announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges, via the World Federation of Exchanges, on a uniform standard for susta
04/07/2014
British millionaire gold dealer shot twice in head as he arrived at Spanish villa
Spanish police are seeking a blonde Eastern European in her twenties, believed to be his former lover.
04/07/2014
UK financial watchdog says 73 pct of advisers fail to come clean on costs
Too many advisory firms are not being clear with consumers on how much advice costs, the type of service they offer and what on-going services they provide.
04/07/2014
Macfarlanes Announces Nine New Partners and Four Senior Counsel
The nine new partners work across a total of seven different areas of the practice: M&A, Derivatives & Trading, Funds, Litigation, Private Client, Tax, Financial Services and Regulation.
04/07/2014
The Next Phase of EMIR is Coming Soon - Are You Ready? By: Diven Chatrath
The EMIR reporting start date of 12th February 2014 has now passed
04/07/2014
Bank CEO shot dead in the underground garage
He is a fund manager who has been embroiled in a dispute with the Liechtenstein government and Bank Frick for many years, Switzerland’s Radio 1 said
04/07/2014
Europe’s top two central banks seek to revive ‘toxic’ assets
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04/07/2014
Banks Urge Basel U-Turn on Global Asset-Backed Debt Rules
Banks from Deutsche Bank AG to Barclays Plc attacked proposals to overhaul global capital rules for asset-backed debt, saying they risk choking securitization while clashing with efforts to boost lending to businesses.
04/07/2014
Barclays Settles U.K. Libor Case Weeks Before Trial to Start
Barclays agreed to restructure the debt of Graiseley Properties Ltd., which filed the lawsuit, as part of the settlement.
04/04/2014
Lloyds to seek bonus awards for top 400 staff: Sky News
The news service said that the taxpayer-backed lender will say ahead of its annual general meeting that it wants flexibility in paying employees up to 200 percent of their salaries in bonus awards.
04/03/2014
SFO to charge three ex-Icap brokers over Libor rigging
Icap Europe was fined £54.5m by the FCA
04/03/2014
North West law firm recruits leading private client lawyer
She joins Harrison Drury from Cartmell Shepherd, has almost 20 years of experience of private client matters, providing specialist advice for high-net-worth individuals.
04/03/2014
FCA could face legal action over closed-book probe confusion
The FCA then announced an investigation into its handling of the issue
04/03/2014
FCA bans and fines broker £70k
Astbury Wren received £10.7 million of client premiums
04/03/2014
FCA was consulted over our pension plans: Osborne
The FCA was “aware in advance” of the Chancellor’s Budget plans to liberalise pensions.