The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it would go ahead with a £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance redress program as it outlined how millions of consumers can claim compensation for wrongly sold car finance.
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FCA Unveils £7.5B Motor Finance Redress Scheme

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it would go ahead with a £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance redress program as it outlined how millions of consumers can claim compensation for wrongly sold car finance.

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Retailer Says UniCredit Can't Have €42M Asset Fight In Russia

By Sophia Dourou

A fashion retail outlet urged an appeals court Monday to block Russian proceedings by UniCredit aimed at taking some of its roughly €42 million ($50 million) property portfolio, arguing the matter needed to be dealt with via a Vienna arbitral tribunal.

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Windhorst Given 1.5-Year Contempt Sentence Over €27M Debt

By Ronan Barnard

German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence after being held in contempt in a London court Monday for refusing to attend a hearing to provide evidence of his company's assets after it failed to pay €27 million ($31 million).

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POLICY & REGULATION

FRC Issues Guidance For Audit Firms On Use Of Generative AI

By Dawood Fakhir

Britain's accounting regulator issued guidelines for audit firms on Monday outlining how they can benefit from generative and agentic artificial intelligence tools as well as cut associated risks to improve the quality and efficiency of audit work.

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UK Regulators To Target Poor Motor Finance Claims Practices

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it has launched a joint taskforce with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and other regulators to tackle poor handling of claims for motor finance compensation by some claims management companies and law firms.

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DEALS

Permanent TSB Being Circled By Lone Star, Centerbridge

By Najiyya Budaly

Permanent TSB confirmed on Monday that private equity houses Lone Star and Centerbridge have shown interest in a takeover after the government-owned Irish lender put itself up for sale in October.

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UK Pension Buy-Ins Hit Record 367 Deals In 2025, LCP Says

By Tom Fish

The U.K.'s pension risk transfer market posted a record number of buy-in deals in 2025, even as the overall value of transactions fell from the previous two years because fewer blockbuster agreements were completed, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP said.

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PEOPLE

Pensions Law Firm Arc Promotes Legal Director To Partner

By Ashish Sareen

Arc Pensions Law said Monday that legal director Kris Weber has become a partner at the specialist boutique firm.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 New Square

A&O Shearman

Alston & Bird

Charles Russell Speechlys

Essex Court Chambers

HSF Kramer

Littleton Chambers

One Essex Court

Quinn Emanuel

Slaughter and May

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Wedlake Bell

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aviva SA

Centerbridge Partners LP

Ford Motor Co.

Lone Star Funds

Rothschild & Co. SCA

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

UniCredit

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Ombudsman Service

Financial Reporting Council

Information Commissioner's Office

UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

UK Court of Appeal

UK High Court