Bank of New York Mellon lost its fight Thursday to escape a claim from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling alleging that the lender caused Nationwide Building Society to face a £93 million ($109 million) tax bill by bungling the issuance of notes.
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BNY Can't Escape A&O Shearman's £93M Negligence Claim

By William Janes

Bank of New York Mellon lost its fight Thursday to escape a claim from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling alleging that the lender caused Nationwide Building Society to face a £93 million ($109 million) tax bill by bungling the issuance of notes.

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Janus Analyst Accused Of Insider Trading Denies Hiding Deals

By Ronan Barnard

Prosecutors dismissed a former Janus Henderson analyst's claim he had not disclosed trades allegedly made with insider information because he regarded his employer's trading compliance policies to be "window dressing," saying on Thursday that the "simple explanation" was that he had wished to keep them secret.

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UK Pension Funds Face Scrutiny Over Investment Plans

By Tom Fish

A parliamentary committee will quiz pensions chiefs as part of a wider probe into whether the £3 trillion ($4 trillion) retirement savings sector can invest more in U.K. assets to better support the country's economic growth.

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ENFORCEMENT

UK Crypto-Asset Business Shut Down For International Fraud

By Najiyya Budaly

Crypto-asset company BTCMining has been shut down by a court in England after complaints from across the globe that it did not pay out their returns, according to the Insolvency Service.

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Gov't Mulling Major Reform To Pensions Protection Fund

By Martin Croucher

The government has confirmed that there are still plans to transform the Pension Protection Fund into a public sector consolidator of retirement savings schemes.

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Cross-Border Payments Firms Lack Transparency, FCA Says

By Alex Davidson

Companies offering international money remittance and cross-border payment services often fail to explain their fees clearly and should consider making improvements under the Consumer Duty, the Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday.

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Insurers Underestimating Climate Change, BoE Warns

By Martin Croucher

U.K. insurers must do a better job of reflecting the risk of climate change on their balance sheets, the Bank of England has warned.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Expect Complex Ruling From UK Justices In Car Dealer Case

While recent arguments before the U.K. Supreme Court in a consumer test case on motor finance commissions reveal the court’s take on several points argued, application of the upcoming decision will be both nuanced and fact-sensitive, so market participants wishing to prepare do not have a simple task, says Tom Grodecki at Cadwalader.

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A&O Shearman

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Hogan Lovells

One Essex Court

QEB Hollis Whiteman

Travers Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

BNY Mellon Investment Management

Daimler AG

FirstRand Ltd.

Janus Henderson Group PLC

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Nationwide Building Society

Paypal Holdings Inc.

SGS SA

Software AG Inc.

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bank of England

Companies House

Financial Conduct Authority

HMRC

Prudential Regulation Authority

UK High Court