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RBS pays €23.8m to settle tax evasion inquiry into Coutts’ Swiss operation
December 10th, 2015
Settlement with German prosecutors, which involves immunity for any current for former staff, is latest embarrassment for bailed-out bank Royal Bank of Scotland is paying €23.8m (£17.3m) to German prosecutors to settle an investigation into tax evasion by part of ...
TrueEX locks in JPM, RBS for swaps service
December 9th, 2015
Trading platform trueEX has rolled out a new automated trading service for swaps and locked in the participation of two major dealers – something of a coup as banks have traditionally been unwilling to support such efforts in the past. JPMorgan and Royal ...
UBS Traders May Be First to Face Sanctions in Forex Probes
December 2nd, 2015
Swiss regulator may issue penalties by the end of the year Finma probed 11 currency, metals traders amid global scandal As many as seven UBS Group AG traders may face sanctions from Switzerland’s financial watchdog in the coming weeks, ...
RBS,HSBC, Barlcays and StanChart announced their stress test results
December 1st, 2015
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, HSBC Holdings plc, Barclays PLC and Standard Chartered PLC have issued press releases to announce their results in relation with the 2015 Bank of England stress test. Royal Bank of Scotland Group ...
Facebook to replace work email at RBS
November 27th, 2015
The Royal Bank of Scotland is making Facebook at Work available to more than 100,000 employees RBS is the largest client to trial the service with over 500 employees currently using it at work every day Facebook at Work has ...
British judge delays trial of RBS shareholder lawsuit to 2017
November 27th, 2015
A High Court judge on Thursday delayed the trial in a drawn-out battle between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and shareholders, criticising the lender and its legal advisers for being “unfocused” and swamped by 25 million documents. Thousands of ...
European stocks end lower as M&A hopes fade
November 10th, 2015
UniCredit may cut thousands of jobs; VW hit by downgrade European stocks finished lower Monday, hurt in part by disappointment over potential merger developments for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC and auto maker Renault SA. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -1.07% finished down ...
Big four accountants ‘quietly’ threatening mid-tier law firms
November 9th, 2015
The resurgence of mid-tier law firms is about to come under pressure from ‘intense competition’ from the big accountancy firms entering the legal market. A report published today by the Royal Bank of Scotland says mid-market law firms had ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
In defeat for UBS, Connecticut top court finds broad whistleblower rights
October 6th, 2015
Ex-UBS executive says was fired for complaints State law offers broader protection than US Constitution Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a ...
