02/18/2021
Part of achieving post-Brexit ambitions is likely to be reviewing how the country can establish itself either as a jurisdiction of choice or the ways in which it can attract more business.
02/18/2021
A witness who appears by audio-visual link must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after witnessing the signing of the Will
02/17/2021
Payments Fintech Nears Swiss Regulatory Nod
The license would be the second granted after Yapeal, under a Swiss scheme to foster financial start-ups.
02/17/2021
Statement by Mark Steward, FCA Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, on Woodford Investment Management Ltd and WCM Partners Ltd
Mr Woodford’s new business, WCM Partners Ltd, would need to apply for appropriate permissions before commencing any regulated activity in the UK.
02/17/2021
Carey Olsen Singapore advises CN Energy on Nasdaq listing
The IPO raised US$20 million for the China-based manufacturer and supplier of wood-based activated carbon and a producer of biomass electricity.
02/17/2021
UK Charity Commission announce consultation on responsible investment guidance
From the responses received, the Commission identified that one of the main barriers to responsible investments was a technical one.
02/17/2021
JFSC fines three SG Kleinwort Hambros firms
The three SG Kleinwort Hambros firms acknowledged their failings at an early stage and have taken steps to make material changes to strengthen their governance arrangements and compliance systems and controls.
02/17/2021
EU’s parliament extending blacklist criteria
Any expansion of the blacklist must be made by the EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council following an investigation and recommendation by the EU’s Code of Conduct Group.
02/17/2021
Economists publish paper calling for average 2% inflation aim
02/16/2021
His warning comes as central banks and governments around the world ramp up their focus on digital currencies.
02/16/2021
Levy captures annual value of assets from Bitcoin to beehives
02/16/2021
Technology, regulation, and the future of financial crime compliance
02/16/2021
The intensely hierarchical and clannish ’Ndrangheta have fanned out across the world from their home base in southern Italy, often using family-based chain migration to get footholds in new markets.
02/16/2021
Dart has invested more than US$1.5 billon into the Cayman Islands and the group now employs more than 800 people in the islands across its various businesses.
02/16/2021
Mattias Hedwall, head of Baker McKenzie’s global international commercial and trade group, identifies the legal and regulatory themes that will dominate the rest of 2021.
02/16/2021
Epiris Fund II (Fund II) has owned James Hay since 2019 when it bought the business as part of its acquisition of IFG Group plc.
02/16/2021
The FCA said the brothers had made a profit of about £142,000 from the alleged insider dealing.
02/16/2021
In the five years since the Convention came into force we have advised leasing companies, aircraft owners, lenders and others that use Cayman structures for financing and leasing aircraft on the rights and interests conferred by the Convention and the imp
02/15/2021
Employers: can you inoculate against racism?
The Court considered it legitimate to reflect on not only what steps had been taken by the employer but also how effective those steps were likely to be when they were taken and, in appropriate circumstances, how effective they proved to be in practice.
02/15/2021
Globally Mobile Employees – UK and EU Social Security Update
The new arrangements for multi-state workers and detached workers posted for up to two years are now in effect.