05/08/2014
Stephenson Harwood among firms to benefit from revived Aim market
The Aim market has seen a substantial uptick in early 2014, with firms including offshore giant Appleby, Stephenson Harwood and Watson Farley & Williams gaining clients.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/07/2014
Coutts braced for hit from US tax inquiry into Swiss bank clients
Coutts said it was ‘taking a judicious approach to its involvement’ with the US Department of Justice settlement
05/07/2014
Invesco fine heralds new era of regulation, experts say
Invesco Perpetual was hit with the fine for a series of trading and compliance breaches
05/05/2014
Clifford Chance Brussels competition partner leaves for Covington after two years
The additions will strengthen the firm’s existing EU competition team in Brussels
05/05/2014
Briton arrested in Las Vegas in carbon trading probe
The judicial proceedings are being held in Germany because this is where the defendants are suspected of having committed the fraud.
05/02/2014
U.K. Libor and Insider Trading Cases Threatened as Trial Halted
A U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fraud trial was halted in London over public funding cuts, jeopardizing high-profile cases tied to Libor manipulation and insider trading.
05/02/2014
Withers' Family Law team leads the pack in Spear's 2014 Family Lawyer Index
In a new, expanded listing of 50 leading lawyers, Withers still makes the strongest showing in the report.
05/02/2014
Co-op Bank ponders suing Britannia merger advisers
The Co-op Bank is considering suing JPMorgan Cazenove and former auditor KPMG for their role in aiding its ill-fated 2009 merger with the Britannia building society.
05/02/2014
RBS to face claims of £7bn as investors join legal action
The figure has jumped by more than £2 billion after more institutional investors joined a legal action against the state-owned bank.
05/01/2014
Linklaters appoints first female London corporate head
She took a lead role for PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) on its proposed takeover of management consulting firm Booz & Co at the end of last year.
05/01/2014
BNP Paribas faces $US2bn fine
In recent years, US authorities have aggressively pursued and fined European financial institutions
05/01/2014
Point of Sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors - final report
The report identifies and assesses differences and gaps in regulatory approaches to point of sale (POS) disclosure for investment and savings products across the insurance, banking and securities sectors, and considers whether the approaches need to be fu
05/01/2014
MPs to debate collapse of £118m Connaught fund
Conservative MP Alun Cairns has secured a debate in the House of Commons on the behalf of investors in the suspended Connaught Asset Management fund.
05/01/2014
FCA bans former UBS ETF trader over $2.3bn losses
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned John Christopher Hughes from performing any function
05/01/2014
Client scrummage begins as Dundas and CMS merger goes live
A year after CMS Cameron McKenna first crossed the threshold of Dundas & Wilson with its tantalising proposal, the merger between the two firms has gone live.
04/30/2014
Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas Charges Said to Be Considered
Previous probes have been resolved through so-called non-prosecution and deferred-prosecution agreements, which have been criticized by U.S. senators for failing to hold banks accountable for breaking the law.
04/30/2014
Traders Join Exodus as Forex Probes Add Pressure on Costs
The ranks of foreign-exchange traders are rapidly thinning as a probe into alleged manipulation of benchmark rates widens and pressure mounts on the industry to reduce costs.
04/30/2014
International business and private capital law firm promotes five to partner
The five new partners have been promoted within the firm's highly rated real estate, dispute resolution, private capital and corporate practice groups.
04/30/2014
EU watchdog to clarify sovereign debt ratings rules
He expects the watchdog will clarify some of the rules in the form of a Questions and Answers sheet
04/30/2014
Swatch loses suit against UBS over investments
The group has accused the bank of giving it bad advice on its fund investments