While over half of allocators said the debate around Trump's policy agenda will have little impact on their investment decisions, European allocators feel the increasing pressures of the European regulatory environment, the implications of Brexit and the nationalist movement are impacting asset allocation decisions in 2017. According to a recent survey from Context Summits, nearly […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has promised, in the run up to the snap general election next month, that by a conservative government workers’ rights would see a huge expansion, including a statutory right to leave for a relative’s care, and to leave for a parent whose child had passed. Also included in the promises […]
From Brexit to immigration and trade policies, both the UK and the US are currently undergoing huge legislative steps towards a different kind of progress. Regulators are on their feet in anticipation and businesses even more so. Here Michael Hatchwell and Julia Holden-Davis, Directors of Globalaw, talk Finance Monthly through the most recent legal conundrums […]
We’ve recently learned in the media that thousands of workers, in the UK and the EU, who work zero hour contracts missed out on holiday pay because they were unaware of their employment rights or were life to by employers. Citizens Advice claims that over 900,000 people don’t know what holiday benefits they are entitled […]
The latest annual Legal Benchmarking Report from MHA, the UK-wide group of accountancy and business advisory firms, reveals a third year of growth across the sector. However, while large firms continue to dominate the market, the fortune of small firms is more mixed as income and profit levels reduce and their cost base increases. Overall, […]
Vacancies for private practice lawyers have fallen by 13% year-on-year according to new survey data from specialist recruiter, Clayton Legal. And the recruiter believes the fall in advertised positions can largely be attributed to lawyers being reticent to move roles in an environment of uncertainty. The survey, which was compiled based on the recruiter’s comprehensive […]
As General Counsel, Ann Shuman is responsible for advising senior management and the DTCC Board of Directors on legal and regulatory matters. She also manages the company’s global legal team and serves on a variety of internal governance committees. Even though she states: “that’s really no different from the General Counsel role at any large, […]
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