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Financial Services UK

  • May 22, 2025

    FCA Plans Overhaul To Ease Complaints Reporting Process

    The Financial Conduct Authority proposed on Thursday to introduce a simpler process for companies to report complaints that will improve its ability to detect harm for consumers.

  • May 22, 2025

    Asset Manager Impax Launches £10M Share Buyback

    Impax Asset Management Group PLC kicked off a share repurchase program worth up to £10 million ($13 million) on Thursday, a move the company said signals confidence in its future success.

  • May 21, 2025

    Finance Worker Who Stole Secret Docs Can't Claim Notice Pay

    A clearing bank was within its rights to sack a finance manager without notice pay after he breached his contract by sending confidential information to his personal email address, a tribunal has ruled.

  • May 21, 2025

    UK Lawyer Charged With Money Laundering In NCA Probe

    A solicitor and an accountant, both Midlands-based, have been charged with money laundering following a National Crime Agency investigation, the authority disclosed Wednesday.

  • May 21, 2025

    UK Finance Sector Calls For Reforms To Boost Growth

    Financial trade bodies have called for new regulatory reforms to enable private banks and wealth managers to support U.K. growth.

  • May 21, 2025

    Crypto-Traders Can't Revive Bulk Of £10B Binance Claim

    An appeals court Wednesday rejected most of a £10 billion ($13.3 billion) class action against Binance for delisting a bitcoin alternative, ruling that investors were not entitled to claim damages from the cryptocurrency exchange on the basis they lost out on its future speculative value.

  • May 21, 2025

    UK Gov't Plans To Unlock £160B Pension Surpluses

    The government said Wednesday that forthcoming legislation will include a program to allow companies to tap into an estimated £160 billion ($215 billion) in surpluses in retirement savings plans.

  • May 21, 2025

    Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced it has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP infrastructure finance attorney as a partner in its London office.

  • May 21, 2025

    UK Biz Optimism Plunged After Trump's Tariffs, Allianz Says

    More than a third of U.K. businesses expect a decline in turnover in 2025 as a result of swingeing trade tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump in April, insurance giant Allianz has said.

  • May 21, 2025

    Pensions Sector Could Fund Net-Zero Transition, Insurer Says

    The pensions sector could fund up to half of the costs associated with the U.K.'s transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, an insurer said.

  • May 21, 2025

    EY Blames 'Army Of Fraudsters' For NMC Health Collapse

    EY was "duped by an army of fraudsters" who controlled NMC Health "from top to bottom" and prevented the Big Four firm from discovering failings at the healthcare chain, lawyers argued in their defense against a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) High Court claim Wednesday.

  • May 20, 2025

    JPMorgan Fell Short In Trader Spoofing Investigation

    A former metals trader at JPMorgan Chase & Co. has won his claim that he was unfairly fired on suspicion of fraud because of shortcomings in the bank's disciplinary process — but his compensation will be slim after an employment tribunal ruled it was very likely he would have been dismissed regardless.

  • May 20, 2025

    Liquidators Of 'Ponzi-Type Scheme' Co. Sue Insurer For £3M

    The liquidators of a business behind a "Ponzi-type scheme" are suing the insurer of a now-defunct company involved in the scheme's funding for more than £3 million ($4 million), pointing to its alleged failure to ensure the investment plan was legitimate.

  • May 20, 2025

    Tenn Capital, Elite Law Settle £1.9M Loan Fraud Dispute

    Tenn Capital Ltd. has settled its claim that Elite Law Solicitors Ltd. failed to secure necessary protections over a £1.9 million ($2.54 million) property loan and failing to identify the borrower as an alleged fraudster.

  • May 20, 2025

    Wine Biz CFO Loses Bid To Block US Fraud Extradition

    A wine company's former chief financial officer lost a legal appeal Tuesday against his extradition to New York to face prosecution on charges of cheating investors out of $99 million by persuading them to make interest-bearing loans using valuable wine collections as collateral.

  • May 20, 2025

    Pensions Watchdog Launches Initiative To Boost Innovation

    The Pensions Regulator has established a new service to support the development of industry ideas on products and services after the government ordered it to come up with ways to boost economic growth.

  • May 20, 2025

    Benson Mazure Fights To Nix £4.6M Negligence Case

    Benson Mazure LLP urged a London court on Tuesday to toss a £4.6 million ($6.1 million) negligence claim form an energy business, alleging that the law firm's solicitors fraudulently signed a mortgage deed that led to its collapse.

  • May 20, 2025

    Innsworth Bags £68M As Mastercard Settlement Approved

    The Competition Appeal Tribunal gave final approval on Tuesday to a £200 million settlement between Mastercard and Walter Merricks to end litigation over credit card fees, with the funder of the claim set to receive approximately £68 million.

  • May 20, 2025

    High Street Bank CEOs Warn MPs Of Rules Restricting Growth

    The chief executives of large High Street banks warned senior MPs on Tuesday that unnecessary financial regulations are restricting customer service, money flows and U.K. growth.

  • May 20, 2025

    5 Firms Hold Half Of £40B UK Pension Surplus

    Just five companies among the top 100 businesses in Britain account for half of the combined £40 billion ($53.5 billion) surplus in the country's pension plans, a consultancy said Tuesday.

  • May 19, 2025

    Osborne Clarke Pro's Conduct Risked Public Trust, SDT Says

    A disciplinary tribunal has ruled that an Osborne Clarke LLP partner committed the kind of misconduct that "would clearly undermine public trust" in lawyers by misusing legal language to try to shield an email sent on behalf of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi from being published, explaining its decision to fine the solicitor over the incident.

  • May 19, 2025

    FCA To Oversee Buy Now, Pay Later Under New Rules

    The U.K. government set out new rules on Monday to protect consumers who buy products under buy-now, pay-later arrangements, enabling the Financial Conduct Authority to regulate the sector and the Financial Ombudsman Service to give redress in disputes.

  • May 19, 2025

    L&G Buys 75% Of US Property Investor Proprium Capital

    Legal & General said Monday that it has acquired a 75% stake in Proprium Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm, to accelerate its growth and expand its geographic footprint in the European and Asian property sector.

  • May 19, 2025

    Gov't Warned Over Mandating UK Pension Funds' Investment

    The government must avoid introducing a legal requirement on U.K. pension plans to invest a proportion of their funds in domestic assets, a consultancy has warned.

  • May 19, 2025

    Big Tech Is Major Obstacle To Stopping UK Financial Fraud

    Anti-fraud campaigners are calling on the government to fine Big Tech companies such as Meta on repeated failures to prevent fraudulent financial advertising on their platforms with a tougher and wider regime than envisaged, with the consensus that social media is the biggest obstacle to combating investment scams.

Expert Analysis

  • Lessons To Be Learned From 2023's Bank Failures

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    This year’s banking collapses, coupled with interest rate rises, inflation and geopolitical instability have highlighted the need for more robust governance, and banks and regulators have learned that they must adequately monitor and control liquidity risk to protect against another financial crisis, say Juliette Mills and Alix Prentice at Cadwalader.

  • An Overview Of European Private Investments in Public Equity

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    Although still fairly rare, private investments in public equity may continue to be an attractive option for some European issuers seeking to secure equity financing, and advisers planning such an investment should consider the various local options, requirements and norms, say lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • Cos. Must Monitor Sanctions Regime As Law Remains Unclear

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    While recent U.K. government guidance and an English High Court's decision in Litasco v. Der Mond Oil, finding that a company is sanctioned when a designated individual is exercising control over it, both address sanctions control issues, disarray in the law remains, highlighting that practitioners should keep reviewing their exposure to the sanctions regime, say lawyers at K&L Gates.

  • Unpacking The UK's Proposals To Regulate Crypto-Assets

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    Recent proposals for crypto-asset regulation in the U.K. demonstrate support for crypto's potential, but there is concern around the authorization process for organizations undertaking crypto-asset activities, and new regulations will require a more detailed assessment of firms' compliance not previously addressed, say Jessica Lee and Menelaos Karampetsos at Brown Rudnick.

  • The Top 7 Global ESG Litigation Trends In 2023

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    To date, ESG litigation across the world can largely be divided into seven forms, but these patterns will continue developing, including a rise in cases against private and state actors, a more complex regulatory environment affecting multinational companies, and an increase in nongovernmental organization activity, say Sophie Lamb and Aleksandra Dulska at Latham.

  • UK Takeover Code Changes: Key Points For Bidders, Targets

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    Newly effective amendments to Rule 21 of the U.K. Takeover Code, which remove legal and administrative constraints on a target operating its business in the ordinary way during an offer, will add clarity for targets and bidders, and are likely to be welcomed by both, say lawyers at Davis Polk.

  • Russia Ruling Shows UK's Robust Jurisdiction Approach

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    An English High Court's recent decision to grant an anti-suit injunction in the Russia-related dispute Renaissance Securities v. Chlodwig Enterprises clearly illustrates that obtaining an injunction will likely be more straightforward when the seat is in England compared to when it is abroad, say lawyers at Linklaters.

  • How New Loan Origination Regime Will Affect Fund Managers

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    Although the recent publication of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II represents more of an evolution than a revolution, the leverage limitations applicable to loan-originating funds are likely to present practical challenges for European credit fund managers, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • How EU Sustainability Directive Will Improve Co. Reporting

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    The need for organizations to make nonfinancial disclosures under the recently adopted EU Sustainability Reporting Standards will significantly change workforce and human rights reporting, and with the objective of fostering transparency, should bring about an increased focus on risks, policies and action plans, say Philip Spyropoulos and Thomas Player at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • PPI Ruling Spells Trouble For Financial Services Firms

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    The Supreme Court's recent decision in Canada Square v. Potter, which found that the claimant's missold payment protection insurance claim was not time-barred, is bad news for affected financial services firms, as there is now certainty over the law on the postponement of limitation periods, rendering hidden commission claims viable, say Ian Skinner and Chris Webber at Squire Patton.

  • What Lawyers Can Learn From FDI Screening Report Findings

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    The recent European Commission report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the EU reveals how member states need to balance national security concerns with openness, and with more cross-border transactions subject to screening, lawyers must be alert to jurisdictional variances, says Jonathon Gunn at Faegre Drinker.

  • UK Review May Lead To Lower Investment Screening Burden

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    The government’s current review of national security investment screening rules aims to refine the scope of mandatory notifications required for unproblematic deals, and is likely to result in much-needed modifications to minimize the administrative burden on businesses and investors, say lawyers at Simpson Thacher.

  • Economic Crime Act Exposure: What Companies Can Expect

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    The intention of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act is to make it easier to attribute criminal liability to companies if a senior manager has committed an offense, but the impact on corporate criminal convictions depends on who qualifies as a senior manager and the evidential challenges in showing it, say Hayley Ichilcik and Julius Handler at MoFo.

  • FCA Promotions Review Sends A Strong Message To Firms

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    The recent FCA review into firms' compliance with the rules on promoting high-risk investments to retail clients clarifies that it expects the letter and the spirit of the rules to be followed, and given the interplay with the consumer duty, there are wider implications at stake, say Marina Reason and Chris Hurn at Herbert Smith.

  • When Can Bonuses Be Clawed Back?

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    The High Court's recent decision in Steel v. Spencer should remind employees that the contractual conditions surrounding bonuses and the timing of any resignation must be carefully considered, as in certain circumstances, bonuses can and are being successfully clawed back by employers, say Merrill April and Rachael Parker at CM Murray.

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