An English broker told Britain's top court on Thursday that Denmark's tax authority can't sue it for more than £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, because an earlier decision in related proceedings rendered the claim inadmissible.
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Broker Says Denmark Can't Bring £56M Cum-Ex Fraud Claim

By Sophia Dourou

An English broker told Britain's top court on Thursday that Denmark's tax authority can't sue it for more than £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, because an earlier decision in related proceedings rendered the claim inadmissible.

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Clifford Chance-Led Nuveen To Buy Schroders For £9.9B

By Najiyya Budaly

Schroders said Thursday that it has agreed to a £9.9 billion ($13.5 billion) cash takeover by U.S. asset manager Nuveen in a transaction that would take one of the City's historic names into private ownership.

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FCA Urged To Extend Scope Of Pension Transfer Rules

By Joel Poultney

Proposals by the Financial Conduct Authority to better support consumers who have not taken financial advice make informed decisions when transferring their pension must go further, retirement saving groups said Thursday.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Gov't Sets Out Tough Regime For Appointed Representatives

By Alex Davidson

The U.K. government published on Thursday its detailed proposed changes to the appointed representatives regime, which will give the Financial Conduct Authority new powers to crack down on misconduct.

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DEALS

Deutsche Börse To Buy PE Firm's Data Biz Stake For €1.1B

By Tom Fish

Deutsche Börse Group said it has agreed to buy the remaining 20% minority stake held by global private equity firm General Atlantic in Iss Stoxx, which provides data, analytics and indexes, for €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion).

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CMS Steers Avon Cosmetics' £235M Pension Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

M&G PLC said Thursday that it has completed a £235 million ($320 million) buy-in transaction to secure the retirement benefits of members of Avon Products Inc.'s pension plan.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

FRC Audit Proposals Reaffirm Support For Economic Growth

The Financial Report Council’s recent proposals to prioritize audit enforcement, supervision and market reform will reward audit firms that self-police and proactively admit auditing standard breaches, signaling its aims to change the market landscape and encourage investment, say lawyers at RPC.

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Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avon Products Inc.

BNP Paribas SA

Barclays PLC

ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd.

General Atlantic Service Co. L.P.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Nuveen LLC

Schroders PLC

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America

Wells Fargo & Co.

Willis Towers Watson PLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Department for Work & Pensions

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Ombudsman Service

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

UK Pensions Regulator