15 April 2020
Legal rights if you're made to work in the office during COVID-19
While plenty of people in all sectors are now working from home, designated key workers in the financial services industry are still being forced to go to work.
9 April 2020
Business Plan 2020-21: FCA remains vigilant to potential misconduct
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this week published its annual Business Plan. Unsurprisingly, the emergence of COVID-19 has significantly impacted the organisation’s ability to set out its strategic focus for the next three years. While the Plan sets out the areas of priority on which it intends to focus in this period, it recognises that it may be months before the FCA is able to focus fully on the activities set out in the Plan and that the issues to be addressed may change significantly over the coming months.
30 March 2020
COVID-19 and the FCA - Scams, short selling and more
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a significant impact on all aspects of the financial services industry, including on firms, customers, regulators, capital markets and their participants. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to engage closely with the sector as it seeks to respond effectively to the current crisis. This has included releasing a number of statements relating to various matters including scams, short selling, operational and financial resilience, and financial reporting.
27 January 2020
Partner expulsion case offers lessons to LLP firms and their partners
Just before Christmas, the High Court ruled on a dispute regarding the expulsion of a partner from one of the Big Five under the firm’s 2017 LLP Agreement (LLPA).
22 January 2020
Calling out discrimination in banking bonuses
As bonus payout season approaches, what does a successful female banker, trader, analyst or even compliance officer do who fears they have been paid less than their male counterparts?
