03/30/2012
Allen & Overy today announces 23 promotions to partner across 14 offices in 12 countries. Nearly 40% of new partners are female and, for the fifth year running, the majority (73%) are based outside London, underlining Allen & Overy's commitme
03/30/2012
“If this were a heterosexual marriage, and he were the female partner married to a wealthy City trader, he would have walked away with a considerably greater sum,” Matt Baldwin, a spokesman for Gallagher’s law firm Boodle Hatfield, said
03/29/2012
FSA needs to stop barking and bite down on swaps scandal
It is time that Parliament took up the cause to help reveal the extent of the problem and win redress for customers.
03/28/2012
The false information related to income declarations, residential and employment details and information about the purpose of the mortgage, said the FSA.
03/28/2012
The loans are to be sold at a discount to the face value of £500m.
03/28/2012
Tan Chi Min, let go over accusations he manipulated the London interbank offered rate, made the claims in court papers filed with the Singapore High Court on March 23.
03/28/2012
The PwC report claimed that cases, and the perceived threat from the crime, had grown in the sector globally.
03/28/2012
The CISI is introducing new membership requirements for voting members in line with its commitment to champion the highest standards of ethical behaviour within financial services.
03/28/2012
The actions have been taken because a number of the FSA’s market abuse, listing and disclosure rules, as well as Principles for Businesses, were found to have been breached in this case.
03/27/2012
Strauss-Kahn, 62, turned himself in Feb. 21 and was held overnight to answer questions as investigators sought to determine whether he knew the women were prostitutes, or how they were paid.
03/27/2012
The FSA has varied the permission of Nottingham-based HD Administrators on the grounds its directors Kathryn Clark and Michelle King do not appear to be fit and proper.
03/27/2012
Societe Generale is to receive undisclosed damages from UK newspaper the Mail on Sunday over an article that falsely alleged the French bank was close to bankruptcy.
03/26/2012
Never mind how Budget 2012 might affect a relatively small number of millionaires using offshore companies to avoid Stamp Duty. Here and now, accountants say thousands of buy-to-let landlords are sitting on a “tax timebomb”.
03/26/2012
Barclays bank is facing the prospects of official fines after it emerged that more than 13 million customers have been exposed to potential fraud.
03/26/2012
He used the proceeds of this crime to fund a seemingly comfortable lifestyle.
03/26/2012
A cut in the 50p rate of income tax for top earners, unveiled in last week’s Budget, has failed to reassure fund managers that blue chips such as HSBC will remain in the UK.
03/26/2012
The ECB provided no figures on the use of such bonds backed by the governments of Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the so-called “programme” countries.
03/26/2012
Over time they can make a huge difference to your investment returns, so I make no apologies to devoting this week's column to them, as well as the overall logistics of managing your investments efficiently.
03/26/2012
The redundancies are being handled through individual consultations, which are expected to close in around two weeks' time.
03/26/2012
It also says that Prudential should up its lobbying efforts to change regulations it sees as "ill-judged".