Two business executives have denied owing Investec Bank PLC almost £22 million ($30.2 million) over loan agreements, arguing that the Anglo-South African lender knew the deals were designed to aid the purchase of a Russian bank's assets in breach of sanctions.
Two business executives have denied owing Investec Bank PLC almost £22 million ($30.2 million) over loan agreements, arguing that the Anglo-South African lender knew the deals were designed to aid the purchase of a Russian bank's assets in breach of sanctions.
The finance watchdog launched a wide-ranging review into how artificial intelligence could reshape financial services and markets in the long-term on Tuesday, as regulators face growing pressure to keep pace with the fast-moving technology.
The U.K. has one of the highest board-level gender pay gaps in the transatlantic financial services market, Ernst & Young LLP has said in a study, despite narrowing the renumeration divide to 29% from 40% since 2020.
Plans by the government to apply inheritance tax to wealth transferred through pensions place a huge burden on the personnel dealing with the estate and risk causing "significant delays and costs," a House of Lords committee warned in a report published Wednesday.
The Norwegian food company Kavli Group has offloaded £6.6 million ($9 million) of its U.K. retirement scheme liabilities to Pension Insurance Corp. PLC, the insurer said Tuesday, in a deal steered by DLA Piper and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
UBS AG has asked a Connecticut state court to throw out former trader Tom Hayes' lawsuit that alleges the bank scapegoated him for Libor-rigging, arguing the case doesn't belong in the state and improperly seeks to punish the bank for cooperating with prosecutors.
