Funds run by Elliott Investment Management LP can start a legal claim against the London Metal Exchange's Hong Kong owner over the trading venue's handling of the 2022 nickel crisis, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.
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Hedge Fund OK To Sue Metal Exchange's Owner Over Crisis

By Tom Fish

Funds run by Elliott Investment Management LP can start a legal claim against the London Metal Exchange's Hong Kong owner over the trading venue's handling of the 2022 nickel crisis, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.

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FCA Says UK Must Go 'Faster' On Scaling AI, Tokenization

By Joel Poultney

Britain needs to move "much faster" to create the conditions for artificial intelligence and the digitalization of shares and bonds to scale in wholesale markets, the Financial Conduct Authority's chief executive has said.

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EuroChem Loses Injunction As Sanctions Halt €212M Payouts

By Eddie Beaver

An Italian engineering company persuaded a London judge Wednesday to discharge a four-year-old injunction designed to protect €212 million ($242 million) in bond payments sought by a EuroChem subsidiary, after Russia-related sanctions rulings effectively blocked the payouts.

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ENFORCEMENT

Architect Of £1M Binary Options Scam Sentenced To 5½ Years

By Ronan Barnard

The architect of a "boiler-room" investment fraud scheme which took more than £1 million ($1.3 million) from investors was sentenced to more than five years in prison by a London judge Wednesday.

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LITIGATION

Broadcast Co. Auditors Pin £225M Loss On Directors' 'Fraud'

By Robbie Kalus

Auditors for Arena Television have denied liability for losses of almost £225 million ($298 million) stemming from a "pervasive fraud" allegedly perpetrated by the collapsed company's directors, saying the fraudulent activity was concealed from them.

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POLICY & REGULATION

EU Finance Watchdogs Warn Of Major Vulnerabilities

By Tom Fish

Europe's banks, insurers, investment funds and other market participants must strengthen their resilience to vulnerabilities arising from external dependencies, cyber threats and rapidly developing technologies, a group of financial watchdogs warned Wednesday.

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Brief

Watchdog Revises Auditor External Expert Standards 

By Joel Poultney

Britain's accounting watchdog has revised two of its standards on using the work of an external expert in the audit process, aligning them Wednesday with changes made by an international standard-setter.

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DEALS

A&O Leads Airtel Money's London Float In IPO Market Boost

By Najiyya Budaly

African financial technology company Airtel Money said Wednesday that it plans to list on the London Stock Exchange's main market, in a move that could help revive the moribund U.K. IPO market.

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Consultancy Buys Property, Asset Manager For Up To £4M

By Tom Fish

BTG said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Hornbeam CPAM Ltd., a property and asset management business, for up to £4 million ($5 million), as the U.K. advisory group moves to expand its real estate operations.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 New Square

A&O Shearman

Blackstone Chambers

Clifford Chance

Elliott & Associates

HSF Kramer

Hogan Lovells

Kennedys Law LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte

St John & St John

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Absa Bank Ltd.

BNP Paribas SA

BTIG LLC

Bank of America Corp.

Bank of Scotland PLC

Barclays PLC

Bharti Enterprises Ltd.

British Broadcasting Corp.

Citigroup Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

EuroChem Group SE

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

ING Groep NV

International Finance Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

MasterCard Inc.

Qatar Investment Authority

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bank of England

City of London Police

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Crown Prosecution Service

European Banking Authority

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

European Securities and Markets Authority

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Reporting Council

Serious Fraud Office

UK High Court