Financial Services UK
Financial Services Law360 UK provides breaking news and analysis on the financial sector. Coverage includes UK and European Union policy, enforcement, and litigation involving banks, asset management firms, and other financial services organizations.
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Latest News in Financial Services UK
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April 20, 2018
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The last week has seen a contract dispute erupt between Russia's Sberbank and a fellow state-controlled bank in Azerbaijan, Greece's Alpha Bank sue more than a dozen Lloyd's syndicates, and underwriters and Lit Securities take on Morgan Stanley.
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April 20, 2018
ECB Urged To 'Respect' CCP Rules As Its Oversight Expands
A parliamentary committee in Europe urged the European Central Bank on Thursday to “respect” the current legal framework as it goes through the motions of bringing central counterparties within its direct regulatory scope.
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April 20, 2018
HSBC Halts Coal Power Plant Funding To Honor Paris Accord
HSBC Holdings PLC said Friday it is turning its back on funding high-carbon energy projects as the bank looks to ease pressure from activists and regulators who want financial services firms to step up their response to climate change.
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April 20, 2018
UK Treasury Chief Presses For Global Dirty Money Crackdown
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond called on international financial services and insurance regulators on Friday to impose tighter sanctions on North Korea to help put a stop to dirty money used to fund weapons of mass destruction.
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April 20, 2018
Dana Gas Bondholders Call UAE Order 'Affront' To UK Court
An investment firm embroiled in a dispute with Dana Gas PJSC over Islamic bonds told a London judge on Friday that it was in a “profoundly unjust” position after a court in the Emirates contradicted a U.K. injunction by ruling that the energy company can pay a dividend to its shareholders.
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- LITIGATION
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- Financial List cases
- Antitrust disputes
- Consumer protection litigation
- Financial privacy issues
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- AGENCIES
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