The Financial Conduct Authority has set out poor practice it found in lenders' plans for implementing its motor finance redress system, including inadequate data management controls.
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FCA Finds Flaws In Lenders' Car Finance Redress Plans

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out poor practice it found in lenders' plans for implementing its motor finance redress system, including inadequate data management controls.

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Unregulated Finance Firm Faces £55M Fraud Claim

By Robbie Kalus

Two investment firm partners are being sued by a client who claims they ran a £55 million ($75 million) fraud at their new business, more than a decade after they were banned from working for regulated financial services companies.

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Paul Weiss Guides Standard Life's £2B Pensions Venture

By Tom Fish

Standard Life PLC launched a partnership with a consortium of major global financial companies on Thursday to expand in the U.K. pension risk-transfer market, with a combined initial capital commitment of up to £2 billion ($2.7 billion).

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LITIGATION

Director Must Disclose Info For $6M Investment Fraud Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A British business director could face a $6 million fraud claim after a London judge ruled Thursday that he must disclose records from his investment business to the family behind an international textile company.

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Communications Biz Loses Challenge To DWP Procurement

By Sophia Dourou

A communications provider lost its challenge on Thursday to a Department for Work and Pensions videoconferencing contract, as a court upheld the exclusion of the company's bid over its answer to a technical question.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCA Flags Mini-Bond, Loan Note Risk After Woodville Crash

By Sophia Dourou

The Financial Conduct Authority warned Thursday about the dangers of investing in high-risk loan notes and mini-bonds following the collapse of litigation funder Woodville Consultants Ltd.

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Brief

Deutsche Bank Freed From Fed's 2017 Forex-Rigging Order

By Katryna Perera

The Federal Reserve has terminated a 2017 enforcement action that required Deutsche Bank to pay nearly $137 million over its alleged role in Wall Street's foreign exchange rate-rigging scandals.

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DEALS

UK Pension Schemes Commit £400M To Infrastructure Fund

By Joel Poultney

A group of British pension plans has committed £400 million ($545 million) to an investment fund of collected retirement savings programs designed to invest capital into local infrastructure and other U.K. assets.

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Reed Smith Steers Isio On Pensions Admin Co. Buy

By Joel Poultney

Pensions management company Isio has acquired retirement savings administration provider Trafalgar House Pensions Administration Ltd., in a move to expand the range of plans Isio can support.

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Brief

Investor Eyes £58M-Plus From Sale Of School Projects Stakes

By Irene Madongo

International Public Partnerships, an infrastructure investment company, has agreed to divest its holdings in nine projects involving 15 London schools, a move it expects will generate gross proceeds of more than £58 million ($79 million) when the deal completes.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

DLA Piper

Debevoise & Plimpton

Freshfields

LK Law Pty Ltd

Latham & Watkins

Monckton Chambers

Outer Temple Chambers

Paul Weiss

Radcliffe Chambers

Reed Smith

Trowers & Hamlins

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accenture PLC

Aegon NV

CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

Deutsche Bank AG

KPMG International

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc.

Prudential Financial Inc.

Standard Life PLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Department for Work & Pensions

Federal Reserve System

Financial Conduct Authority

Prudential Regulation Authority

UK High Court