The financial regulator has ended an investigation into property development investments that lost clients about £55 million ($75 million), deciding that the risk of no returns was fairly put to customers.
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FCA Drops Property Group Probe Despite £55M Client Losses

By Eddie Beaver

The financial regulator has ended an investigation into property development investments that lost clients about £55 million ($75 million), deciding that the risk of no returns was fairly put to customers.

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Ex-AllSaints Chair Spared Prison For Contempt Of Court

By Eddie Beaver

A court in London has handed the former chairman of AllSaints a suspended prison sentence for contempt of court by breaching a court order and claiming an interest in shares in the high street fashion chain after his fraud allegations were rejected.

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HMRC Names 5 Accountancy Firms With Tax Avoidance Links

By Sophia Dourou

HM Revenue & Customs on Thursday revealed five accountancy firms that took fees for connecting their clients to a tax avoidance scheme.

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Analysis

UK Faces Pensions Crisis As Millions Risk Retirement Penury

By Joel Poultney

Britain will have to radically rethink what retirement means, amid a growing number of warning signs that millions of savers will have to work longer and retire with less income than their parents, unless the government intervenes, pension experts have warned.

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LITIGATION

HSBC Analyst Launches Libel Case Over Online Posts

By William Janes

An HSBC analyst has accused a company and its director of defaming him by making false allegations that the analyst was a "serial cheater" and liar who had refused to pay £50,000 ($68,000) debts.

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Allied World Denies Liability In £3M 'Ponzi Scheme' Dispute

By Sophia Dourou

An insurer has argued that it does not have to indemnify the liquidators of the business behind an investment plan for more than £3 million ($4 million), arguing there is no evidence that the investment was a Ponzi scheme.

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Carter-Ruck Hired By CryptoQueen 'In Furtherance Of Fraud'

By Christopher Crosby

Fugitive cryptocurrency scammer Ruja Ignatova instructed Carter-Ruck "in furtherance of fraud," and therefore legal filings linked to the prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of a partner at the law firm must be made public, a tribunal has ruled.

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Ex-Havilland CEO To Testify In Qatar Dispute With FCA

By Ronan Barnard

Ex-Banque Havilland SA chief executive Edmund Rowland is due to testify in a dispute with the U.K.'s financial regulator over fines imposed for an alleged scheme to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, a London tribunal heard Thursday.

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Brief

Former JP Morgan Employee Revives Unfair Firing Claim

By Hanna Vioque

A former member of staff at J.P. Morgan has revived his unfair dismissal claims against the bank, even though he withdrew them in "unequivocal terms," after an employment tribunal ruled that it was only fair because he was not represented and had made an error. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Gov't Urged To Clarify Climate Plans For Pension Schemes

By Joel Poultney

The government must make its proposals for large companies and financial institutions to publish strategies for how they intend to align their businesses with global climate targets "clear, concise and relevant for pension schemes," a consultancy has said.

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FCA Highlights Success Of Cash Access Rules For Big Banks

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday that communities are making use of its rules that require top high-street banks to maintain access to cash, as the 121st banking hub opened in the U.K.

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Watchdog Weighing Rules Change On Offshore Reinsurance

By Martin Croucher

The U.K.'s financial watchdog said Thursday it is considering changes to regulation because it is worried about the threat posed by offshore risk transfer deals used by life insurers to meet surging demand from the pensions industry.

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Gov't Told To Remove Barriers To UK Pension Investment

By Martin Croucher

The government should lower the barriers to investment faced by the U.K.'s £3.2 trillion ($4.4 trillion) pensions sector if it is to secure additional funding for the economy, a trade body has said.

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Brief

US Payments Biz Has 'Makecents' TM Revoked For Non-Use

By Max Austin

European officials have ruled in favor of Dutch financial technology company UpToMore, stripping an American competitor's trademark for "makecents" after it failed to prove that it had been used for computer software and bank transactions.

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DEALS

Lender Amigo To Become A Cash Shell, Seeks Takeover

By Najiyya Budaly

Amigo Holdings PLC has said that it will become a company with only cash assets and seek a reverse takeover target after making progress on the planned liquidation of its troubled subprime lending arm.

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PEOPLE

Baker Botts Hires Dubai Aviation Team From White & Case

By Tom Fish

Baker Botts LLP has hired an aviation finance and transaction team of three from White & Case for its Dubai office, as the firm continues to expand its energy, digital infrastructure, and technology-driven finance practices across the Middle East.

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Former SFO Case Controller Joins Boutique Law As Partner

By Laura Stewart Liberty

A former case controller at the Serious Fraud Office has joined criminal and regulatory specialist firm Boutique Law LLP as a partner.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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4 Pump Court

Baker Botts

Blackstone Chambers

Boutique Law LLP

Carter-Ruck

DWF LLP

Dechert LLP

Essex Court Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

Hodge Jones

King & Wood Mallesons

Kingsley Napley

Kobre & Kim

Matrix Chambers

Proskauer Rose

QEB Hollis Whiteman

Troutman

Vinson & Elkins

White & Case

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

Bank of America Corp.

CACI International Inc.

Grant Thornton LLP

HSBC Holdings PLC

Instagram Inc.

Institute for Fiscal Studies

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lion Capital LLP

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

National Westminster Bank PLC

Nationwide Building Society

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Spotlight on Corruption Ltd.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

HM Revenue & Customs

Prudential Regulation Authority

Serious Fraud Office

UK High Court

UK Pensions Regulator

UK Upper Tribunal