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FCA bans and fines two in relation to Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes sales failures
On 16 August 2013, the FCA announced that it had banned and fined two individuals for providing insufficient oversight of activities carried out by their …
Iraq pipeline: Iranian gas and sanctions issues
It was reported last month that Iraq had signed an agreement to import natural gas from Iran for power generation. This briefing considers the potential …
Calculation of "criminal property": Court of Appeal orders confiscation of profit earned by company on corruptly obtained contract
We commented in a recent litigation blog post on the Court of Appeal's consideration in R v Sale [2013] EWCA Crim 1306 of the relevant test for …
The FCA's financial crime priorities
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") recently published two documents which provide additional information about its current supervisory and …
High Court finds SFO not barred from giving disclosure of third party documents obtained under compulsory powers
The High Court has held that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was not prevented from giving disclosure as a defendant to civil proceedings of …
FCA takes court action against operators and promoters of unauthorised CIS
The FCA is continuing its clampdown on Collective Investment Schemes ("CISs") being operated and/or promoted without the requisite authorisations, with a …
FCA Fines Bank for Anti-Money Laundering Failings
On 8 August 2013 the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") issued a Final Notice against Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited ("GTBUK"), the fifth in a series …
UK: FCA paper explains its approach to advancing its three core objectives
In July 2013, the FCA published a paper entitled "The FCA's approach to advancing its objectives". The paper gives some further indication of how the FCA …
UK: FCA and PRA consultation on the implementation of the CRD IV remuneration provisions
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (“PRA”) have each published a consultation on the implementation …
Parallel PPI court claim struck out after "FSA scheme" had awarded full redress
The UK High Court has struck out an appeal in relation to a PPI mis-selling claim on the basis that the Claimants had already been offered speedy justice …
Recent Sanctions Developments: EU relaxes certain Syrian sanctions and amends measures relating to North Korea, Iran and Tunisia; US relaxes Myanmar sanctions
The EU has recently published a new Regulation (Regulation 697/2013 of 22 July 2013 ("Regulation 697/2013")) which amends Regulation 36/2012, the key …
August 2013 Corporate Crime Update
The August 2013 edition of our Corporate Crime Update covers developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related …
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