07/13/2014
Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond U.S. territory, but in the end they are more likely to bow to Washington than kick against its dollar muscle.
07/11/2014
The strength of our offering in this sector is such that it regularly sees us at the forefront of advising on some of the sector’s most notable matters every year
07/11/2014
The FCA will work closely with industry and other regulators to ensure that the new European rules deliver the best outcome for investors.
07/11/2014
A regulated Bitcoin investment fund overcomes anonymity concerns about the virtual currency, says its director.
07/11/2014
Competition declined in the crisis as Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers were gobbled up by stronger rivals. Yet barriers to entry have risen with new regulation.
07/11/2014
The brothers and their investment vehicles are suing the agency for trespass
07/10/2014
Germany needs to pass the laws to implement Europe’s banking union plans
07/10/2014
The FCA has this morning launched a review of competition in the wholesale sector.
07/10/2014
The FCA reviewed how firms use the charges paid by consumers for executing trades and external research
07/10/2014
At first glance, restrictions imposed by the EU and US seem somewhat mechanical. But many questions arise when considered in the context of a transaction
07/10/2014
Slater & Gordon is set to sponsor England cricket captain Alastair Cook, in a move that will see him act as brand ambassador for the firm.
07/09/2014
In the asset management sector, the regulator will look at whether sufficient incentives exist for asset managers to negotiate the best deal for investors
07/09/2014
The former directors of German lender HSH Nordbank have been acquitted of charges linked to financial crisis wrongdoings.
07/09/2014
Opening remarks by Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at a joint seminar of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and the Deutsche Bundesbank, Istanbul, 4 July 2014.
07/09/2014
The European plans will mean there is one supervisor for euro zone banks, one set of rules to close or restructure troubled banks and one pot of money to pay for everything. To minimise the expense to euro zone taxpayers,
07/09/2014
The bill is being footed by the bank - which effectively means that RBS is being subsidised by taxpayers to fight the case of the bosses who led it into the biggest British state bail-out in history.
07/09/2014
Forensic experts have been hired by a Jersey bank to investigate how thousands of clients' details were leaked to journalists.
07/09/2014
Three brothers who ran one of Gibraltar’s largest law firms were jailed last week for fraud, four years after their firm, Marrache & Co, was put into liquidation.
07/09/2014
Regulators published on Wednesday details of how the world's top nine insurers will calculate their first global capital buffer from 2019 to ensure policyholders are protected in a crisis.
07/09/2014
Banks face a probe into how they bundle investment services for clients and execute trades as part of the U.K. financial watchdog’s review of competition in wholesale securities markets.