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Bitcoin technology heralds ‘smart contracts’ era
January 27th, 2016
The technology behind the Bitcoin digital currency could usher in an era of ‘smart contracts’ and enable the creation of a tamper-proof Land Registry database, legal technology experts said this week in the wake of a landmark government report. ...
ESMA to cooperate with Mexican and South African Regulators on CCPs
January 27th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the Mexican Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) and the South African Financial Servcies Board (FSB) ...
Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Apple avoided £1BILLION of UK tax
January 27th, 2016
A Mirror investigation has revealed the UK is missing out on huge sums as multinational firms are based in tax havens Five of the world’s biggest tech companies avoided paying £1 BILLION in UK tax last year, the Mirror ...
CC tops global project finance rankings
January 26th, 2016
Clifford Chance has overtaken Chadbourne & Parke to lead the global project finance rankings in 2015. Research by market activity tracker IJGlobal shows the Magic Circle firm worked on 72 transactions in 2015 worth a total of $42bn. White ...
U.S. judge asked to remove lead lawyers for GM switch plaintiffs
January 26th, 2016
A U.S. judge was asked on Monday to remove three lawyers from their leadership roles in litigation against General Motors Co (GM.N) over a faulty ignition switch linked to nearly 400 injuries and deaths, after the stunning collapse last ...
How domestic economic strength can prevail over global weakness
January 26th, 2016
Find below the Keynote speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Börse Group New Year’s reception 2016, Eschborn, 25 January 2016 Thank you, Mr Faber, for your very kind introduction. And let me start by ...
J.P. Morgan to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Most Lehman Claims
January 26th, 2016
Deal doesn’t resolve all of failed investment bank’s claims against J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay the remnants of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. $1.42 billion in cash to settle most of the failed investment bank’s ...
P2P lender seeks 100 law firms for first panel
January 25th, 2016
A peer-to-peer lender created by the owners of a Cornish law firm is looking for high street practices to join what it says is the first legal panel in the fast-growing alternative finance sector. Folk2Folk was co-founded by two ...
Saudi to seek foreign non-oil investors as crude slumps
January 25th, 2016
Saudi Arabia aims to at least double annual inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) over the next 10 years by focusing on new sectors such as mining, health care and information technology, the head of its investment agency said ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
