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Clyde & Co drafted in by RBS shareholders for potential class action
September 16th, 2014
Clyde & Co partner Julian Connerty is advising a group of shareholders planning to sue the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for allegedly forcing small companies out of business through its global restructuring group (GRG). The action group is ...
Carney Steering BOE in Scots Vote as Quebec Casts Shadow
September 15th, 2014
Mark Carney’s history is catching up with him. Having watched Quebec’s attempt to break away from his native Canada in 1995 while working at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Scots go to the polls in three days, and with the ...
HSBC settles a $550 Million lawsuit
September 15th, 2014
HSBC has agreed to pay $550 million for a lawsuit filed in 2011 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the federal regulator that oversees the government’s two mortgage finance companies, over troubled mortgage-backed securities sold in the lead-up to ...
Scottish tax: Can meltdown be avoided?
September 12th, 2014
When Scottish electors cast their votes in the independence referendum on 18 September, a ‘no’ outcome would result in greater devolution of tax powers to Holyrood. By contrast, a ‘yes’ result in support of independence would create the need ...
IMF warns of market fallout from a Scottish split
September 12th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund has waded into the debate over Scottish independence, saying that a Yes vote in next week’s referendum could lead to market turbulence. “The main immediate effect is likely to be uncertainty over the transition to ...
RBS confirms plan to move to England in case of Scottish Yes
September 11th, 2014
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed that it will re-domicile to England if the Scots vote to abandon the United Kingdom on 18 September. In a statement issued this morning RBS said: RBS has undertaken contingency planning ...
Top Scottish firm shifts cash to English banks ahead of referendum
September 11th, 2014
A leading Scottish firm with offices north and south of the border has shifted its cash out of Scottish banks for fear that a vote in favour of independence could lead to a run on them. With just over ...
Banks are puzzled over how to stop rate fixing
September 10th, 2014
Banks and regulators have still not found a way to be sure of stopping traders from manipulating Libor, foreign exchange and other benchmarks, top watchdog Martin Wheatley said yesterday. More than two years on from the first bank fine ...
Gold Remains Under $1260 on U.S. Dollar Strength
September 9th, 2014
Gold hovered near its lowest in three months on Tuesday after sharp overnight losses as the dollar traded at 14-month highs against a basket of major currencies, dimming the metal’s appeal as a currency hedge. Spot gold had slipped ...
FX Probe Lags in EU as Other Watchdogs Ready for Fines
September 8th, 2014
The European Union’s antitrust arm is still at the start of its probe into possible collusion in foreign-exchange markets even as U.S. and U.K. regulators edge closer to levying fines. “We are at the starting point of this investigation,” ...
