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Latest News in Financial Services UK

  • July 24, 2024

    Ex-Barclays CEO Told To Testify In Appeal Of Qatar Fees Fine

    Former Barclays CEO John Varley was ordered by a London tribunal Wednesday to give evidence in the bank's appeal against a £50 million ($64.6 million) fine over its emergency fundraising with Qatar during the 2008 financial crash.

  • July 24, 2024

    EU Trade Body Warns Against FCA Enforcement Plans

    A trade body for European financial firms has warned that the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed naming of companies in enforcement investigations would make the U.K. an international outlier, damaging competitiveness.

  • July 24, 2024

    Cuban Bank Denies Transferring €72M Debt To Offshore Fund

    Cuba's former central bank told an English appeals court Wednesday that an offshore fund cannot sue it over €72 million ($78.2 million) of unpaid sovereign debt, because it did not consent to the assignment of the debt to the fund.

  • July 24, 2024

    Asset Recovery Firms Deny Profit-Stripping Rule Is Too Harsh

    Two asset recovery companies told Britain's top court Wednesday that a law to strip profits from people who quit jobs to chase the business of a former employer is not "too harsh," in a case with potentially wide implications for "bad-faith resignations."

  • July 24, 2024

    Russia Sanctions Enforcement Lacks Bite, UK Charity Says

    Britain must develop a clearer sanctions enforcement strategy, an anti-corruption charity said on Wednesday, as it revealed that the government has issued no fines for breaches of rules since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, more than two years ago.

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