12/13/2012
A banker who encouraged two girlfriends to buy shares based on privileged information, has been sentenced to two years and eight months' jail for insider dealing, Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday.
12/13/2012
Harbottle & Lewis sealed the prize for Private Client/Family Team of the Year after successfully proving to the judges that it has adapted its practice around this rapidly-evolving area of law.
12/13/2012
Echoing the Vice Chancellor’s remarks, Leitl said that property, gift and inheritance taxes should all be “shown the red card.”
12/12/2012
Coutts said in a statement it was pleased to have come to an agreement with Mills.
12/12/2012
The growth in Advisory and Tax underlines the strength of client demand for professional services
12/12/2012
German authorities investigate 25 Deutsche Bank staff, including co-chief executive Jürgen Fitschen, on suspicion of tax scam
12/12/2012
The final figures are still being negotiated and could change, three people familiar with the probes said.
12/11/2012
A mass brawl erupted at the Christmas party of a top City investment firm after a broker discovered his fiancée was cheating on him with a colleague, a court was told.
12/10/2012
CMCL chief executive, Henry Moser, will step down within six months and was ordered to pay a fine of £70,000
12/10/2012
Standard Chartered will pay more than $300m (£187m) to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan.
12/10/2012
As well as assembling the investors, Anglo provided loans to finance the deals and in some cases even bought properties to sell to its own clients.
12/10/2012
The lawyers are understood to be fee-earners, but not partners.
12/10/2012
A US Senate investigation said the UK-based bank had been a conduit for "drug kingpins and rogue nations".
12/10/2012
It was probably the world’s most expensive lunch. When Fahim Imam-Sadeque, an investment manager, invited out a colleague it ended up costing him £1.7 million.
12/10/2012
UBS AG is expected to face a fine as early as this week that may surpass the record 290 million pounds ($466.6 million) Barclays Plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest bank, paid in June to settle claims it attempted to manipulate Libor.
12/10/2012
The FSA says it will take steps through its supervision to ensure HSBC complies with the measures.
12/09/2012
Employees who participated in the trust were asked to help fund a payment of at least a few hundred million pounds if they want to settle with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
12/09/2012
A Senate committee said in July that failures in London- based HSBC’s money-laundering controls allowed terrorists and drug cartels access to the U.S. financial system.
12/06/2012
UK law firm appoints new head of private client department
He will manage the private client department offering a range of services
12/06/2012
Major mis-selling scandals have failed to stop banks pressurising their staff into pushing products which may be unsuitable, Which? claimed today.