A tax accountant has failed to convince an appeals tribunal that he was an employee at the time of his dismissal, because despite a "shambolic" transition and lack of a written agreement, the genuine intention was to promote him to partner.
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Accountant Loses Employee Status Bid In Partnership Fight

By Hanna Vioque

A tax accountant has failed to convince an appeals tribunal that he was an employee at the time of his dismissal, because despite a "shambolic" transition and lack of a written agreement, the genuine intention was to promote him to partner.

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EU Bans Giving Tax Consulting Services To Belarus

By Bengt Ljung

The European Union has introduced a ban on providing tax consulting and many other professional services to Belarus in a wide-ranging package of measures largely aimed at preventing the circumvention of the bloc's sanctions against Russia, a statement said.

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Monzo Introduces New Anti-Fraud Controls

By Sam Tabahriti

Monzo Bank Ltd. launched Monday three new security features to add a layer of protection for payments and pot withdrawals exceeding a daily allowance while addressing the growing concern of phone theft and fraud.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Global Group Tells Banks To Report Suspected Crime Better

By Alex Davidson

A global banking group for combating financial crime warned Monday that banks should improve the quality of suspicious activity reports to make them more useful to law enforcement and cutting current over-reporting.

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DEALS

Skadden-Led BlackRock To Buy Data Group Preqin For £2.6B

By Dawood Fakhir

Investment firm BlackRock said Monday that it has agreed to acquire private markets data provider Preqin for £2.55 billion ($3.2 billion) to boost its investment management in a deal guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Macfarlanes LLP.

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Payment Services Business Begins £20M Share Buyback

By Irene Madongo

PayPoint PLC on Monday commenced its up to £20 million ($25 million) share repurchase program, part of the payment services company's three-year scheme aimed at returning capital to investors.

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Osborne Clarke Guides Aviva's School Pension Deal

By Joel Poultney

Insurance giant Aviva has completed a full scheme buy-in for a pension plan sponsored by Taunton School, consultancy Broadstone said Monday, in a deal guided by Osborne Clarke LLP.

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Macfarlanes LLP

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aviva SA

Banco Santander SA

BlackRock Inc.

Danske Bank Group

HSBC Holdings PLC

Investec PLC

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Preqin Ltd.

Standard Chartered PLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union