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A recent court ruling that expands legal advice privilege to cover some internal corporate communications gives companies greater scope for withholding sensitive material but is likely to prompt challenges over whether those documents meet the test for protection, lawyers say.
The European Union has a plan for a blocwide secondary trading platform for private companies to prevent them from slipping away to the deeper capital pools available in the U.S., although the proposal might be hindered by jurisdictional barriers.
Banks and vehicle financing companies are expected to mount legal challenges to the Financial Conduct Authority's £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance compensation program, threatening to capsize the plan and probably delay its implementation for months.
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The Financial Conduct Authority has been given a lead role in targeting money laundering, crypto-assets and money transfer scams in a government fraud strategy involving multiple agencies, which lawyers expect will boost enforcement action and heap a new compliance burden on financial institutions.
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A recent court ruling that expands legal advice privilege to cover some internal corporate communications gives companies greater scope for withholding sensitive material but is likely to prompt challenges over whether those documents meet the test for protection, lawyers say.
The European Union has a plan for a blocwide secondary trading platform for private companies to prevent them from slipping away to the deeper capital pools available in the U.S., although the proposal might be hindered by jurisdictional barriers.
Banks and vehicle financing companies are expected to mount legal challenges to the Financial Conduct Authority's £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance compensation program, threatening to capsize the plan and probably delay its implementation for months.
The Financial Conduct Authority has been given a lead role in targeting money laundering, crypto-assets and money transfer scams in a government fraud strategy involving multiple agencies, which lawyers expect will boost enforcement action and heap a new compliance burden on financial institutions.
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April 30, 2026
The Financial Reporting Council published its final revision on Thursday to incoming auditing standards for assessing the risk of fraud and a company's ability to keep operating in the foreseeable future, highlighting a demand for greater transparency in audit reporting.
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April 30, 2026
The financial services watchdog hit a former mortgage broker with criminal charges on Thursday over allegations that he was arranging mortgage contracts after being banned.
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April 30, 2026
SoftBank Robotics UK has accused two former directors of a firm it co-owned of inflating earnings to trick it into buying their shares, hitting back at their £8 million ($11 million) claim that it wrongly forced them out.
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April 30, 2026
Schroders Capital has said one of its investment vehicles has committed more than £100 million ($135.2 million) of pension capital and government-backed money to a range of British technology and artificial intelligence startups.
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April 30, 2026
Imprisoned oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov can't revive his $14 billion claim that he was the victim of a Russian state-led conspiracy to strip his assets in two major port operators, after an appeal court rejected his latest challenge on Thursday.
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April 30, 2026
The government has said it will introduce reforms to allow existing capital market structures to be used for the U.K.'s planned new captive insurance regime.
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April 30, 2026
Lazard Inc. said Thursday that it will buy London-based Campbell Lutyens for $575 million to create a global private capital advisory unit.
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April 29, 2026
A former executive at Jusan Technologies, the British financial services holding company, is accusing the company of withholding money he was owed because of his whistleblowing on embezzlement.
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April 29, 2026
The number of U.K. businesses near collapse increased by almost 37% with rising taxes ahead of the economic fallout of the Iran war, an insolvency firm warned in a report Wednesday.
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April 29, 2026
A senior solicitor has been fined by a tribunal over an "obvious" conflict of interest by serving as both a bondholder trustee and as a legal adviser to a firm behind a collapsed £237 million ($320 million) mini-bond scheme that defrauded investors.
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April 29, 2026
Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have joined a group of four other entities challenging the lawfulness of the Financial Conduct Authority's £7.5 billion ($10 billion) motor finance redress system.
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April 29, 2026
The government's planned pension reforms passed into law on Wednesday after ministers agreed to introduce last minute guardrails on controversial new powers.
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April 29, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday in its latest Market Watch newsletter that businesses must share customer information with each other on market abuse and other financial crime as far as the law allows.
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April 29, 2026
Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday that it is aiming for a market capitalization of $1.95 billion in its London and Tashkent initial public offering.
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April 29, 2026
The Bank of England's regulatory arm floated measures on Wednesday that would see funded reinsurance transactions involving U.K. life insurance companies face enhanced regulatory requirements, amid fears its growing use poses wider risks to financial stability.
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April 28, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority launched Wednesday a review of the extent to which the annual percentage rate helps consumers understand borrowing costs, with proposals to change how these are communicated in loan ads.
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April 28, 2026
European authorities warned Tuesday that cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and difficult to detect as they leverage artificial intelligence tools, encrypted messaging platforms and the dark web to evade law enforcement.
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April 28, 2026
People's Partnership has become the first British master trust provider to join the Pensions Management Institute's Development Partnership program, which aims to raise professional standards across the pensions industry.
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April 28, 2026
Fears over a tax raid on pensions have led to a surge in Britons cashing out of their long-term savings in the run-up to Budget announcements, a consultancy found Tuesday.
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April 28, 2026
Four in five adults in Britain are not aware of the long-awaited pensions dashboards project designed to connect savers with lost savings pots, according to a KPMG survey, with knowledge of the forthcoming portals lowest among those closest to retirement.
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April 28, 2026
Britain is becoming an increasingly elderly society, with major implications for pensions, the economy and public services, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.
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April 28, 2026
Barclays unveiled a £500 million ($674 million) share buyback on Tuesday as the lender reported a steady rise in profit and income in the first three months of 2026.
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April 27, 2026
The push to create new pension megafunds in the coming years could further concentrate power in the hands of just a few professional trustees, a consultancy warned Tuesday.
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April 27, 2026
A London court struck out former dotcom entrepreneur Robert Bonnier's claim on Monday against property developer Nick Candy over a wrongly obtained freezing order, concluding that the entrepreneur and his company's bankruptcy trustee repeatedly breached court orders.
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April 27, 2026
A consumer rights group said Monday it has filed a legal challenge over how the Financial Conduct Authority's £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance redress scheme calculates compensation, warning that it could otherwise leave millions of consumers out of pocket.