The Financial Ombudsman Service introduced measures on Tuesday to improve how it rules on complaints between consumers and businesses.
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UK Financial Ombudsman Revamps Complaints Rules

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Ombudsman Service introduced measures on Tuesday to improve how it rules on complaints between consumers and businesses.

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Ex-Goodwin Lawyer's Plea Date Set For Insider Trading Case

By Robbie Kalus

A former mergers and acquisitions solicitor at Goodwin Procter appeared at a London court on charges of insider trading on Tuesday, when his plea date was adjourned by a month.

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CBRE Alleges Foul Play In Tower Rent Fight Trial

By Ronan Barnard

Real estate investment giant CBRE accused an asset manager at the start of a London trial Tuesday of manipulating the valuation of the Finance Tower in Brussels in order to avoid triggering a loan agreement's threshold.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Pensions Body Issues FAQs To Prep For Dashboard Launch

By Joel Poultney

A standards-setting body for the pensions sector has issued guidance it said will help administrators, providers and service centers respond "clearly and consistently" to inquiries about the long-awaited pensions dashboards.

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Lawmakers Press Banks On Crypto Access Concerns

By Tom Fish

Lawmakers asked British lenders on Tuesday to explain restrictions on banking services faced by cryptocurrency and digital asset businesses, warning that limiting access could hamper growth and undermine the country's new regulatory regime.

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DEALS

Simpson Thacher Guides Apax Deal With Goldman Sachs Unit

By Dawood Fakhir

British private equity firm Apax Partners has said its funds have agreed to sell Tosca, a food logistics services company, to a subsidiary of the alternative investments arm of Goldman Sachs Asset Management after almost a decade of ownership.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Blackstone Chambers

Boies Schiller

Frank LLP

Goodwin Procter

QEB Hollis Whiteman

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Twenty Essex

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Apax Partners

Deutsche Bank AG

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

Mayfair Equity Partners LLP

National Westminster Bank PLC

S&P Global Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

William Blair & Co. LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Department for Work & Pensions

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Ombudsman Service

UK High Court