The Financial Conduct Authority published rule changes for lenders on Monday that make it easier to discuss mortgages with clients and to reduce the repayment period or remortgage.
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FCA Trims Mortgage Rules To Boost Homeownership Access

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority published rule changes for lenders on Monday that make it easier to discuss mortgages with clients and to reduce the repayment period or remortgage.

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Kession Fights Liability In £1.7M Collective Investment Case

By Ronan Barnard

A finance company urged the U.K.'s top court Monday to partly override a judgment that found it liable for botched property investments worth approximately £1.7 million ($2.3 million), arguing that its liability to investors should have been limited. 

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Analysis

Gov't Misses Chance To Go Big With New Pensions Body

By Martin Croucher

The government launched a once-in-a-generation review of retirement savings on Monday, but experts warned that the new Pension Commission is a missed opportunity to take a no-holds-barred approach to tackle the savings crisis.  

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LITIGATION

Trader Blames Deutsche Bank For Spoofing Conviction

By William Janes

A former Deutsche Bank trader convicted of tricking market competitors through a "spoofing" scheme has sued the bank in a London court, alleging it trained him to use an illegal trading strategy and then "scapegoated" him when he faced prosecution.

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Ex-Execs Sue Telecom Biz Over Alleged £8M Share Sale Loss

By Tabitha Burbidge

Two former directors of a telecom technology company are suing their successors for over £8 million ($10.7 million), alleging they were tricked into selling their shares at a fraction of their true value.

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Family Claims Bad Tax Advice Led To Costly HMRC Bills

By Natalie Olivo

The trustees of family trusts accused a U.K. accounting firm of giving them negligent advice that led to unexpected inheritance taxes and penalties owed to HM Revenue & Customs, according to a claim filed in a London court.

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POLICY & REGULATION

New AI Audit Standard Aims To Tame 'Wild West' Market

By Joel Poultney

The British Standards Institution on Monday unveiled what it called the world's first standard for companies independently auditing artificial intelligence systems amid concern over a potential "wild west" of unchecked providers.

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Gov't Revives Pensions Commission To Tackle Savings Crisis

By Joel Poultney

The government said on Monday that it will restore the Tony Blair-era Pensions Commission to probe why future retirees are likely to be poorer than today's pensioners, amid growing fears that millions of Britons will not have saved enough money for later life.

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Investors Poised To Buy Risky Funds Amid Gov't ISA Reforms

By Alex Davidson

Most investors are ready to invest in hard-to-sell assets including private equity through long-term asset funds after the government said they will be included in tax-free individual savings accounts from 2026, a trade body said Monday.

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Brief

Audit Watchdog Publishes Revised Pension Standard Rules

By Joel Poultney

Britain's accounting watchdog has published a finalized set of actuarial rules for the retirement savings sector in light of recently introduced changes to pension funding and plans to use surplus money tied up in savings schemes.

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DEALS

IFX Weighs Ending £3M Argentex Bid After Administration

By Tom Fish

Foreign exchange provider IFX Payments said Monday that it might end its interest in the acquisition of Argentex Group PLC after the troubled currency risk manager disclosed that it intends to appoint administrators.

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Petershill Partners Sells Stake In US PE Firm For $561M

By Dawood Fakhir

Investment firm Petershill Partners PLC has sold its entire stake in private equity firm Harvest Partners for $561 million after seven years of collaboration, continuing its pattern of exiting investments in investment firms.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Cripps LLP

DWF LLP

Gowling WLG

Guildhall Chambers

Hailsham Chambers

Lass Moses

Leigh Day

Morgan Lewis

Shoosmiths LLP

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accel-KKR LLC

Barclays PLC

CME Group Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

Fort Point Capital

Harvest Partners LP

Institute for Fiscal Studies

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

National Westminster Bank PLC

Quilter PLC

The British Standards Institution

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Department for Work & Pensions

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Reporting Council

HM Revenue & Customs

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Supreme Court