11/14/2014
Linklaters co-US managing partner Norton stands down early
It has emerged that Linklaters’ US co-managing partner Jeff Norton stepped down from his post nine months early, leaving Conrad Tenaglia as sole US managing partner.
11/14/2014
The three most common tax traps for US persons moving to the UK - Withers
This article discusses the three most common tax traps that we see on a day-to-day basis when people move to the UK without taking proper tax advice.
11/14/2014
We are now firmly in the FATCA era and moving on to the post FATCA era.
11/13/2014
Linklaters, Clifford Chance among firms advising as banks face record fines following forex probe
Linklaters and Clifford Chance (CC) were among the firms to have been drafted in by some of the world's biggest banks as UK and US regulators imposed fines totalling £2.65bn over the manipulation of foreign exchange markets.
11/13/2014
New York Federal Reserve Looks to Expand RRP Repo Counterparties
The statement reads: "Effective today, the New York Fed is accepting applications from firms interested in becoming a counterparty eligible to participate in RRP transactions with the New York Fed.
11/12/2014
Investment Management is operating in a world of more – more regulation, more transparency, more meaningful investment information and more control.
11/12/2014
The move follows similar disclosures by JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Citigroup that signal banks in the U.S. and abroad are facing allegations that they manipulated foreign-exchange rates.
11/12/2014
Foreign-exchange related investigations resolved with FINMA, CFTC, FCA
11/12/2014
As of the end of September 2014, alt funds account for $242 billion of industry AUM.
11/12/2014
San Francisco hedge fund founder Doug Whitman has been denied a new trial on his insider trading case which earned him two years in jail, the WSJ reports
11/12/2014
The ruling more than doubles a jury's award in June.
11/11/2014
First Investment Crowdfunding Platform to Stumble on General Solicitation Requirements
11/11/2014
For the first time, the state's highest court confirmed that New York common law prevents a court from freezing a civil judgment debtor's assets held in foreign bank accounts.
11/11/2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), HSBC Holdings Plc and four other banks were accused in a lawsuit by U.S. soldiers of helping Iran process billions of dollars in transfers and finance terrorists who attacked Americans serving in Iraq.
11/11/2014
Banks suspected of rigging the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market are preparing to reach settlements as early as this week with the main U.S. derivatives regulator
11/11/2014
Quynh has a strong skill set, extensive experience
11/11/2014
Christina Kelly, whose rancorous divorce from Jefferies Group LLC investment banker Sage Kelly has inflamed New York’s tabloids, issued a statement praising him as a “great father” and apologizing to the firm as the pair reached a tentat
11/10/2014
Efforts to combat money laundering hurting established businesses in Tijuana
11/10/2014
When JPMorgan Chase & Co agreed to lead a $700 million bond offering for Russian natural gas producer Gazprom, it was doing business that some U.S. banks are afraid to do, several lawyers and a banker said.
11/10/2014
Almost nobody cares when the government mistreats giant banks
Regulators and giant banks agree to ignore contractual rights.