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Supervisory Authorities around the world warn for unathorised financial services providers
March 16th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier – CSSF), Hong Kong (Securities and ...
HSBC appoints Group Chairman
March 13th, 2017
HSBC appoints Mark Tucker to succeed Douglas Flint as Group Chairman HSBC Holdings plc announces the appointment of Mark Tucker as a director and Group Chairman Designate from 1 September 2017. Mr. Tucker will take over as non-executive Group ...
How digital is your country? The performance of the European countries
March 6th, 2017
The 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that the EU is making progress but the gap between top digital players and lower-performing countries is still too wide. More efforts and investments are needed to make the most ...
Central banks and gold
March 5th, 2017
The very near future is likely to see a sea-change in central bankers’ attitude to the gold allocation in their reserves. The failure of G20 monetary policy since the financial crisis is causing a general rethink, which may eventually ...
JPMorgan deploys software to reduce legal contract work
March 3rd, 2017
The bank has created software which reviews deals in seconds – a task that took lawyers some 360,000 hours every year. JPMorgan Chase introduced the software, COIN, for Contract Intelligence, to interpret commercial loan agreements that, until the project ...
Apple’s U.K. Suit Against Qualcomm Adds to Global Patent War
March 3rd, 2017
Lawsuit filed Thursday cites claim on patents and designs Apple says Qualcomm unfairly charges royalties for technology Apple Inc. sued Qualcomm Inc. in a U.K. court, adding to lawsuits across the globe in a sprawling battle over patents and ...
Snapchat IPO considered overvalued by analysts
March 1st, 2017
Snapchat owner Snap Inc. hopes to fetch between $14 and $16 per share in its initial public offering this week but analysts think it may be overvalued. The popular mobile app, which allows users to send photos and videos ...
Libor trader sues FCA over lifetime ban
February 23rd, 2017
Former UBS trader Tom Hayes is to sue the Financial Conduct Authority over the lifetime ban it placed on him after he was jailed for 11 years over his role in the Libor-rigging scandal. Hayes was the first to ...
Unauthorised financial services companies around the world are reported
February 23rd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – ...
Paul Weiss, Linklaters and Freshfields alumni lock horns as Kraft Heinz drops $143bn deal for Unilever
February 20th, 2017
In what would have been the second largest M&A deal in history, Unilever has rejected a $143bn takeover approach from Kraft Heinz as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Linklaters take opposite sides. Unilever, the company behind brands ...
