Opinion: The Autumn Budget Fails To Live Up To Expectations On Business Rates Relief
Jessica Harris, Associate at Hunters Law shares her opinions on the Autumn Budget. No targeted relief for sectors outside of retail, leisure and hospitality…
Category: Banking & Finance
Credit Suisse To Pay $475 Million To Resolve Mozambican Corruption Scandal
The Swiss bank’s settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Justice Department, and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was announced…
Fraud On The Rise: A Side Effect Of The Covid Pandemic
The government’s Covid response schemes inadvertently created unprecedented opportunities for fraud – only now is the potential scale of that fraud beginning to come…
How Big Tech Platforms Have Turbocharged Investment Fraud
Mark Kenkre, Partner at Keller Lenkner UK, explains how big tech platforms have sped up investment fraud in recent years. Social media companies are…
NatWest Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Offences
In a London court, NatWest indicated guilty pleas to three criminal charges of not adequately monitoring customer accounts between 2012 and 2016. The Financial…
DWP’s Notifiable Events Consultation: New Challenges For Employers And The Pensions Regulator
Max Ballad, Legal Director at Arc Pensions Law, discusses new challenges for employers and the pensions regulator amid changes to the notifiable events regulations. …
JP Morgan Will Pay $15.7 Million To Settle Spoofing Lawsuit
The settlement was disclosed late Wednesday and stemmed from US government investigations into illegal trading in futures and precious metals markets, commonly referred to…
Twitter To Pay Over $800 Million To Settle 2016 Class Action Lawsuit
The settlement resolves a case that had been close to heading to trial, with jury selection scheduled to begin on Monday. However, at a…
Intrust Super’s AUD70B Billion Merger With Host-Plus
Following Thomson Geer's work on the merger between Intrust and Hostplus, we speak exclusively with Scott Charaneka, Head of Superannuation and Wealth Management at…
Leadership in a Hybrid Working World: Culture, Connection & Communication
The world of work is changing and sectors like the law that are often more traditional may suffer unless they embrace hybrid working and…