Financial Services News
FSCS adds former A&O and Aegon lawyers to board
Former Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Charles McKenna and former Aegon UK general counsel Marian Glen have been unveiled as new non-executive directors on the board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
City sackings hit five-year high, reveals Pinsent Masons
Job losses in the City reached the highest level since the peak of the financial crisis in 2008, data obtained by Pinsent Masons has revealed.
Gibson Dunn advises UBS on Libor settlements
US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has advised UBS on settlements with UK, US and Swiss regulators totalling SFr1.4bn (£940m) concerning allegations that figures at the bank manipulated the key Libor interest rate.
Freshfields advises HSBC over $1.9bn money-laundering fine
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scored a key appointment from HSBC to advise the banking giant on its record $1.921bn (£1.19bn) fine from the US authorities over its failure to comply with money laundering and sanctions laws.
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Linklaters joins Norton Rose and new SA ally on £1.3bn Barclays Africa sale
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Firms vie for places as GE prepares for European panel revamp
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High Court rules against FSCS in compensation policy ruling
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FSA to launch first ever investigatory panel
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Sullivan and Wachtell advise on $3.7bn US bank takeover
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FSA names former Dechert lawyer as director of enforcement
