Crispin Odey has settled sexual assault claims brought against him by several women, a month after he dropped his £79 million ($107 million) libel claim against the Financial Times over articles which brought the allegations to public attention.
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Crispin Odey Settles Several Women's Sex Assault Claims

By Ronan Barnard

Crispin Odey has settled sexual assault claims brought against him by several women, a month after he dropped his £79 million ($107 million) libel claim against the Financial Times over articles which brought the allegations to public attention.

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FCA Probes How Investment Firms Handle Bereaved Clients

By Dawood Fakhir

The Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday that it has launched a review into investment firms to establish whether they are doing enough to support clients going through bereavement after a poll showed that fewer than half were given adequate support.

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Analysis

UK Gov't Plans Bills For Closer EU Links, Financial Reforms

By Alex Davidson

New legislation laid out in the King's Speech on Wednesday included the government's plans for a bill to strengthen trading ties with the European Union alongside an Enhancing Financial Services Bill in the next 12 months, but lawyers warn that the scope remains limited with potential unexpected consequences.

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LITIGATION

Diamond Tycoon Denies Family Ran Firms In $1B Gold Fraud

By Sophia Dourou

A diamond and jewelry tycoon accused of swindling more than $1 billion from banks has denied controlling various businesses that carried out the Indian gold bullion fraud, as he testified on Wednesday at the trial brought by the liquidators of U.K. companies.

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Pension Funding Drops Again Amid Wider Volatility

By Martin Croucher

The overall surplus of U.K. retirement saving programs fell by £5.3 billion ($7.2 billion) in April as continuing market volatility pushed down funding for the second month in a row, the Pension Protection Fund has said.

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Gov't Unit Targets £99B Australian Pension Fund Investment

By Joel Poultney

The British government has launched a project designed to attract around £99 billion ($133.8 billion) of Australian pension fund investment over the next decade as part of its broader bid to direct retirements savings capital toward the U.K.

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DEALS

Carta Buys AI-Native Law Firm Avantia To Target PE Market

By Ashish Sareen

U.S.-based private markets fintech company Carta said Wednesday that it has acquired U.K. law firm Avantia Law Ltd. in a move that enables it to offer artificial intelligence-powered legal and compliance services to private equity and venture capital firms.

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