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May 08, 2024
Investment Cos. Ask Gov't To Settle Disclosure Uncertainties
A trade body has asked the U.K. Treasury to decide now whether to remove investment companies from its planned post-Brexit regime covering disclosures firms must make before selling certain products to investors to resolve a current misleading cost figure.
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May 08, 2024
South Africa Immune To Sunken WWII Silver Salvage Claim
Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that South Africa has sovereign immunity against a salvage repayment claim from a company that recovered around $43 million worth of silver bullion from a cargo ship sunk during the Second World War.
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May 07, 2024
Banks, Regulators Holding Back SMEs, Lawmakers Say
A parliamentary committee urged the financial watchdogs on Wednesday to review their approach to helping small and midsized businesses gain access to money, arguing that banks are making it "needlessly tougher" to take out loans and unfairly closing accounts of legitimate companies.
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May 07, 2024
Ombudsman Wants Pressure On Gov't On Female Pensions
The public sector ombudsman said Tuesday that it took the unusual step of issuing its report on systemic failures on women's state pension to Parliament because it was concerned that more retirees would die before the government acted on compensation.
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May 07, 2024
Pension Schemes Weigh Halting Employer Contributions
Sustained improvements in funding levels for private sector pensions in the U.K. means that many defined benefit schemes are considering stopping contributions from sponsors to avoid overfunding, PwC has said.
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May 07, 2024
EU Watchdog Mulls Opening Funds To Riskier Investments
The European Union's markets watchdog called Tuesday for market views on whether to expand the range of assets in which the most widely used type of investment fund can legally invest, to include crypto-assets as well as risky shares and bonds.
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May 07, 2024
FCA Bans Investment Firm's Ex-CEO For Misleading Clients
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined the former chief executive of a London-based investment firm for misleading clients about cash held by the group and handed him a ban, according to a statement published Tuesday.
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May 07, 2024
PwC, EY Hit With Fines Over LC&F Audit Failures
The Financial Reporting Council said Tuesday that it has handed out fines totaling approximately £10 million ($12.5 million) to PwC, EY and a third accounting firm for failures during audits they carried out on London Capital & Finance before the investment company's high-profile collapse.
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May 03, 2024
SRA Warns Law Firms On Improper Practices In Mass Claims
The Solicitors Regulation Authority voiced concerns on Friday about law firms and legal professionals that handle mass claims involving financial services or products, saying that some are running up costs before they have even been instructed to act.
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May 03, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen rapper Ivorian Doll hit with a copyright claim, private members club Aspinalls file a claim against a Saudi sheikh, and Motorola Solutions file a claim against the British government on the heels of its dispute over losing a £400 million ($502 million) government contract. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 03, 2024
EU Regulators To Report AML Suspects To Central Database
The European Union's banking watchdog has said that national regulators can start reporting information on named individuals to the bloc's centralized anti-money laundering database from May, in a step further strengthening the fight against financial crime.
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May 03, 2024
Pensions Watchdog Targets More Scheme Consolidation
The Pensions Regulator detailed on Friday 22 "priority outcomes" that will drive its work for the next three years, with policies reflecting its vision of "fewer, larger schemes" in the market, which a trade body described as ambitious.
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May 03, 2024
Hiscox To Begin Second Tranche Of $150M Share Buyback
Hiscox Ltd. said on Friday that it has launched the second portion of a $150 million share buyback program as it aims to return excess cash to its investors after the global insurer reported record profits for 2023.
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May 03, 2024
Reed Smith Steers £136M Pension Deal For Savings Plan
Insurer Just Group has taken on £136.3 million ($171.2 million) in liabilities from a retirement savings plan, advisers said, in a transaction steered by Reed Smith LLP.
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May 03, 2024
Motor Insurance Complaints Surge 18% In A Year
Complaints to Britain's finance watchdog about car and motorcycle insurance jumped by 18.2% during the second half of 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier, a consultancy group said on Friday.
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May 03, 2024
Financial Adviser Convicted In Axiom Legal Fund Fraud Case
A former financial adviser was convicted on Friday of siphoning £5.8 million ($7.3 million) from an investment fund using secret commission payments as part of a legal financing fraud.
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May 02, 2024
Insurers Don't Have To Cover Deal Soured Over Bribery Woes
A London appeals court on Thursday rejected a holding company's bid to overturn a ruling that found its insurers were not liable for losses it suffered when its acquisition of a construction contractor went south after bribery and corruption allegations.
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May 02, 2024
Financial Watchdog Boss Summoned Over Plan To ID Targets
The head of the Financial Conduct Authority has been summoned to explain to lawmakers why he has not responded to their request to pause the watchdog's controversial plan to name the firms it probes amid mounting criticism that doing so could harm those later found innocent.
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May 02, 2024
PPF Says Norton's Pensions Top-Up Payments Starting Soon
The pensions compensation program has confirmed that former employees of Norton Motorcycles will get top-up payments soon, after they were left financially disadvantaged when an executive siphoned off funds from a staff retirement savings plan.
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May 02, 2024
Hiscox, Lancashire Predict Loss From Baltimore Bridge
British-listed insurers Hiscox and Lancashire Holdings confirmed Thursday they will likely face a financial hit from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
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May 02, 2024
Engineering Co. Fights For $10M Insurance Payout On Appeal
A French engineering company relaunched its fight on Thursday for a $10.4 million insurance payout to cover damage caused when a ship crashed into an oil platform, arguing on appeal that a lower court misinterpreted the wording of its policy.
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May 01, 2024
FCA Opposes Paying Ex-Julius Baer Manager's Legal Costs
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority urged a London appellate court Wednesday to overturn a tribunal's decision to make it pay part of a former Julius Baer employee's legal costs, saying the tribunal unfairly ruled that the FCA had unreasonably not called witnesses who were overseas.
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May 01, 2024
Trade Body Amends Insurer Comms Guide After FCA Rules
The Lloyd's Market Association said Wednesday it has amended its guidance for how its trade body members should communicate insurance concepts to consumers to reflect recent regulatory changes, including advice around the Financial Conduct Authority's new consumer duty regime.
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May 01, 2024
Industry Dissatisfaction Grows Over Pension Policy Reform
Two-thirds of pension professionals have been unhappy with the direction of retirement savings policy in the past six months, finance experts said Wednesday, adding that an "influx of policies" is overwhelming industry resources.
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May 01, 2024
Pension Scam Group's Future Hit By Lack Of Volunteers
A voluntary body that works against pensions scams said on Wednesday that it is considering winding up its operations and is concerned that a fall in volunteer numbers might jeopardize its effectiveness.
Expert Analysis
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Lessons From UK's Data Backlash
Tesco Bank and British Airways are the latest British icons to find themselves in legal difficulties regarding data breaches, exemplifying the breadth of breach-related risks beyond the established route of the Information Commissioner's Office, says Kim Roberts of King & Spalding LLP.
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Tech, Media, Telecom Investor-State Arbitration Is On The Rise
Disputes between foreign investors from the technology, media and telecommunications sector and host states are a substantial feature of the investor-state claims landscape. The recent growth of investor-state arbitrations in this sector could be explained by several factors, says Florencia Villaggi of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
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Treat GDPR Compliance As A Marriage, Not A Wedding
Earlier this year, many businesses were so focused on ensuring that their privacy notices and customer lists were compliant by May 25 that they forgot that General Data Protection Regulation D-Day was just the first day of a new regime, rather than a one-day event, say Ben Pilbrow and Joanna Boag-Thomson of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP.
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New UK And US Regimes May Deter Foreign Investment
Newly proposed U.K. rules and the amended regime for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will radically change how the two governments review sensitive transactions, which will affect the likelihood of deal clearance, deal timing and the drafting of appropriate contractual provisions, say Robert Bell and Jennifer Mammen of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
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UK Employees May Soon Gain The 'Right To Disconnect'
Several European countries have recently incorporated the "right to disconnect" from work into their domestic legislation. Currently, there is no equivalent law in the U.K., but as stress levels continue to rise, it is likely that U.K. legislators will follow suit, says Sarah King of Excello Law.
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Q&A
A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
In this monthly series, Amanda Brady of Major Lindsey & Africa interviews management from top law firms about the increasingly competitive business environment. Here we feature Melanie Green, chief client development officer at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
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UK's Proposed Investment Scrutiny Powers Are Far-Reaching
The recently issued National Security and Investment White Paper proposes a significant expansion in the U.K. government's powers to scrutinize foreign investments. If the proposals are brought into force, the U.K. regime will be one of the most stringent in the world, say Douglas Lahnborg and Matthew Rose of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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Relief For Cos. Conducting UK Internal Investigations
After almost a year and a half of uncertainty, the U.K. Court of Appeal has restored the eminently sensible position that documents created in an internal investigation are capable of being covered by litigation privilege when a criminal investigation or prosecution is in prospect, say Simon Airey and Joshua Domb of Paul Hastings LLP.
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Breaking Down The UK's Revised Corporate Governance Code
Recent changes to the U.K. Corporate Governance Code should reassure investors that companies with a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange are committed to being standard-bearers. Issuers may also benefit from the workforce engagement, corporate culture and diversity changes that will be brought into businesses, say Joseph Ferraro and Jennifer Tait of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Q&A
Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
In this new series featuring law school luminaries, Widener University Delaware Law School dean Rodney Smolla discusses teaching philosophies, his interest in First Amendment law, and arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia v. Black.
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When To Use Options Analysis In Damages Assessments
In both the U.K. and abroad, the discounted cash flow methodology is often considered the "go to" valuation approach when conducting a damages assessment. However, DCF is not always appropriate and damages experts should know when to use the option analysis methodology instead, says Ronnie Barnes of Cornerstone Research Inc.
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Opinion
UK 'Unexplained Wealth Orders' Will Discourage Investors
The United Kingdom has taken the unusual step of introducing significant retrospective powers that could unravel acquisitions and transactions from decades ago. The government's intentions are laudable, but its new "unexplained wealth orders" cast doubts on the U.K.'s appetite for foreign investment and may hurt national interests, says Simon Bushell of Signature Litigation LLP.
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Brexit: Bracing For A No-Deal Scenario
Once considered the “cliff edge,” the possibility of the United Kingdom exiting from the European Union without agreeing on a trade deal has moved from unthinkable to increasingly likely. Both sides are ramping up preparations for a no-deal scenario, which would have significant implications for businesses in all sectors, say attorneys with Baker McKenzie LLP.
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Considering Contract Termination Under English Common Law
The U.K. High Court Commercial Division's recent decision in Phones 4U v. EE is a reminder of the care with which contracting parties should consider their rights when their English law contracts appear to be failing, says John Laird of Crowell & Moring LLP.
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UK Corporations Face Growing Risk Of Class Actions
Recent years have seen an increased focus on class action litigation in U.K. courts, with a rise in high-profile and high-value claims being brought against corporate defendants. Furthermore, various factors suggest that the trend is likely to continue, say attorneys at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.