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FTSE-100 sets aside billions for legal bills
September 26th, 2016
Top UK-listed companies under intense regulatory scrutiny are setting aside more cash than ever before for anticipated legal bills, according to latest research. Thomson Reuters says FTSE 100 companies set aside £31.3bn last year – up nearly £6bn on ...
Study: Penalties Levied by Financial Watchdogs Spiked in 2014
July 2nd, 2015
Financial regulators in the United States, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong have decreased their agency expenditures but increased the penalties they’ve levied, according to a new report by regulatory, compliance, and risk consultancy Kinetic Partners. The study, Global Enforcement ...
FCA imposed £1.47bn in fines in 2014 with UBS and Citibank among worst offenders
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £1.47bn (€2.04bn, $2.3bn) in fines on companies in 2014, a rise of 68% from the year before, according to a study by Kinetic Partners. The study showed the average fine imposed on businesses ...
FTSE 100 companies to cough up £24bn in legal liabilities
June 3rd, 2015
Companies forced to delay dividends and sell off assets to pay legal costs FTSE 100 companies have warned their shareholders they face total legal liabilities of £24bn, according to Thomson Reuters. Raichel Hopkinson, head of the practical law dispute ...
PwC: Creating winning culture essential if financial services firms are to flourish
January 29th, 2015
Cultural change in the financial services sector globally is destined to fail if players continue to focus on it primarily as a compliance requirement, according to a paper just published by PwC. The paper, ‘Forging a winning culture’, which ...
Dollar slips vs yen after U.S. launches missile strikes on Syria
April 7th, 2017
The dollar skidded against the safe-haven Japanese yen on Friday after the United States launched cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria, raising concerns of a sharp escalation in the Syrian civil war. U.S President Donald Trump said on ...
Asian Shares Jump With Metals as Trump Reassessed; Kiwi Weakens
November 10th, 2016
Stock gains led by raw-materials producers as copper jumps Australian 10-year debt yield surges more than 20 basis points Stocks in Asia rebounded from their steepest slide since Brexit, industrial metals surged and regional bonds tumbled after Donald Trump’s ...
International law firm accused for ‘deliberately misinterpreting’ data
February 10th, 2016
White & Case partner comes to the defence of City colleague and argues SFO has ‘lost its focus’ The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has accused Pinsent Masons of ‘deliberately misinterpreting’ data on the number of cases it investigates and ...
Six Banks Negotiating Settlement in Swiss Libor Probe
January 25th, 2016
Swiss regulator: `We won’t go for a settlement at any price’ Settlement would resolve one of few remaining Libor probes At least six banks targeted in Switzerland’s investigation into Libor-rigging are in settlement talks with the country’s competition regulator, ...
ECB Says Leverage Ratio Makes Banks More Stable
November 24th, 2015
Lenders have raised concerns new standard could prompt them to take more risk, offsetting benefits The European Central Bank said Monday that a leverage ratio requirement may tempt some banks to take more risk, but will still make them ...
