All Europe articles – Page 69
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Learning from the BHS pensions debacle
If a regulator wants to deflect blame from itself, it had better come up with a set of credible changes and even better—a proper apology.
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SFO investigating Rio Tinto
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed this week it has opened an investigation into suspected corruption by mining company Rio Tinto.
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New U.K. watchdog to close money laundering loopholes
The U.K’s new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision said that it will tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals and terrorists may be trying to exploit.
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England: land of crooks or land of enforcement?
There have been an awful lot of chief executives hauled to court recently in England, which begs the question: Why so many, and why now?
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ArticleBNP Paribas faces fresh accusations over involvement with Rwandan genocide
Lingering accusations that BNP Paribas processed transactions that helped finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide continue to dog one of France’s largest banks.
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Financial Conduct Authority fines compliance officer for pension transfer failings
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined a compliance oversight officer £75,000 for failing to exercise due skill, care, and diligence concerning pension transfer failings.
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Hard Brexit, soft Brexit? U.K. can’t have its cake and eat it, too
The U.K. is trying different ways to see if it can have its cake and eat it too when it comes to asserting its independence while still enjoying perks of EU membership.
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Brexit provides plenty of compliance opportunities
The 2019 Brexit deadline is creating a host of big opportunities for companies to boost their compliance programs, and for compliance professionals to show their worth.
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International partners join forces to tackle grand corruption
A new multinational centre to coordinate law enforcement action against grand corruption was launched this month. The International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre (IACCC), hosted by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, brings together specialist law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions into a single location to tackle allegations of grand corruption.
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G20 to intensify fight against corruption
Leaders of the G20 met over the weekend to address major global economic challenges. On the agenda: a pledge to make their public administrations more resilient against corruption, ensuring that both companies and individual perpetrators are held to account.
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How Barclays gave itself a case of Cadmium poisoning
Barclays is in hot water with the SFO over a conspiracy (code-named Cadmium) to engage in illegal lending with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis.
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Brexit poses many environmental law challenges
A taskforce of environmental lawyers in the United Kingdom gathered in London last month to discuss how to roll over environmental law after withdrawal from the European Union.
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European Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for antitrust violations
The European Union’s antitrust watchdog this week fined Google a record €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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Former RBS CEO, ‘Fred the Shred’ avoids trial, for the moment
A long-standing shareholder lawsuit against the Royal Bank of Scotland calls out a long-standing history of extremely poor governance at the troubled financial institution.
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Ireland takes baby steps toward protecting whistleblowers
No country has a perfect record when it comes to protecting whistleblowers, but Ireland is trying to take steps in the right direction, even if progress remains uneven.
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Getting ready for GDPR
Steve Durbin, managing director of the Information Security Forum, talks about how GDPR is essentially a new global standard for data management and how complying with it is actually a blessing in disguise.
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Bank of England raises capital requirements for U.K. banks
The U.K. Financial Policy Committee this week published its latest Financial Stability Report, which sets out its views on the U.K. financial system’s stability and an assessment of any risks to it.
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London bank official jailed for taking bribes
A U.K. court on 20th June sentenced a former London bank official to six years in prison for accepting more than £2million in bribes in return for approving large loans.
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Cruel Britannia? U.K. grapples with modern slavery in its own backyard
There is far more modern slavery in the United Kingdom than one might think, but regulatory efforts have led to a sharp rise in referrals, awareness, and detection of forced labour.
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Law Society: employment law recommendations? Comply or be punished
Inside is a look at the U.K. Law Society’s submitted comments on a recent report entitled, “Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy.”