FSA to enforce ethics code on advisers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today confirmed that, after extensive consultation, retail investment advisers will need to hold a…
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Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — Rudolf Elmer, who handed over bank client data to Wikileak’s Julian Assange this week, was arrested…
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Goldman Sachs is to lift the £1m bonus cap imposed on its 100 London-based partners last year as the Wall…
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ByReuters: Julius Baer whistleblower to hand info to Wikileaks
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Peter Thiel got rich investing in PayPal and Facebook Inc. before most people knew them, built a hedge fund that…
ByWithers on pre-nup consultation
Suzanne Todd, partner in the family team at Withers LLP comments Suzanne Todd, partner in the family team at Withers…
BySpeechly Bircham on pre-nup consultation
Richard Hogwood, Partner in the family team at City law firm Speechly Bircham, comments on the publication of the Law…
ByWBrief: Henderson after Gartmore
The UK-listed investment management firm Henderson announced today it proposes to buy embattled rival Gartmore Group in a deal that…
ByRough Diamond
What else would you expect from an American investment banker who’s twice foregone his bonus but pugnacity? What else would…
ByKnight Frank: Prime London prices up 10% in 2010
Despite mid-year falls in Prime Central London prices, the last quarter saw a recovery which lifted prices to 10% above…
ByFT: EU recommends bail-ins
Banks’ senior bondholders should share the burden of future losses in order to spare taxpayers from having to foot the…
ByRobert Sackville-West
My book is the story of a house with (allegedly) 365 rooms, 52 staircases and seven courtyards that has been…
ByArt Newspaper: Art stock index launched
PARIS. As the notion of art as an asset gains momentum again, the first stock exchange for art—on which clients…
ByThe Young and the Reckless
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ByThe Posh and their Dosh
Who said the rich are different? Like the rest of us, they can be mean as well as generous, cruel…
ByThe Russians are Coming!
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ByWake up and Smell the Writs
In the autumn the Supreme Court transformed divorce law in Britain. Stephen Foster of Stewarts Law assesses the status of…
ByDealing in Futures
Pictet’s Christophe Donay unrolls his map of the current financial landscape and identifies areas of relative safety and others of…
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