Jessica Harris, Associate at Hunters Law shares her opinions on the Autumn Budget. No targeted relief for sectors outside of retail, leisure and hospitality Firms outside retail, leisure and hospitality are desperately in need of Government support due to the impact of the pandemic, however firms hoping for drastic reforms in the Autumn Budget were […]
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 just moments before Switzerland’s financial regulator rebuked it for its long-running corporate espionage scandal. The UK and US charges stem from almost $1 billion in bond offerings as well as a […]
The government’s Covid response schemes inadvertently created unprecedented opportunities for fraud – only now is the potential scale of that fraud beginning to come to light. The UK Treasury has launched a remarkable 23,000 inquiries into potentially fraudulent payments made during the pandemic. Last year, HMRC announced that it was investigating 27,000 cases of possible […]
Mark Kenkre, Partner at Keller Lenkner UK, explains how big tech platforms have sped up investment fraud in recent years. Social media companies are coming under pressure to do more to protect users from investment fraud. Action Fraud has reported that £63 million was lost to such crimes in the past year, prompting calls for […]
In a London court, NatWest indicated guilty pleas to three criminal charges of not adequately monitoring customer accounts between 2012 and 2016. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prosecuted the case against the UK bank. The FCA’s lawyer, Clare Montgomery, said: "The facts of the case are complex, the likely sentence is a very large fine." […]
Max Ballad, Legal Director at Arc Pensions Law, discusses new challenges for employers and the pensions regulator amid changes to the notifiable events regulations. The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on the government’s proposed changes to the notifiable events regulations. Section 69 of the Pensions Act, 2004 requires the trustees and employers […]
The settlement was disclosed late Wednesday and stemmed from US government investigations into illegal trading in futures and precious metals markets, commonly referred to as spoofing. Spoofing is a practice in which traders place orders with the intention of cancelling to move prices to benefit their market positions. JP Morgan did not admit any wrongdoing […]
The settlement resolves a case that had been close to heading to trial, with jury selection scheduled to begin on Monday. However, at a September 17 hearing in California, US District Judge Jon Tigar postponed it until November. The social media platform’s former CEO Richard Costolo and former COO Antony Noto denied wrongdoing in agreeing […]
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 THOMSON GEER about the work and the deal.
The world of work is changing and sectors like the law that are often more traditional may suffer unless they embrace hybrid working and its opportunities. We speak exclusively to Chris Leach and Josie Gammel to discuss how leaders can successfully embrace this new culture to create a better workplace.
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