Two securities trading arms of Nomura Group have denied causing an investment fund to lose more than $43 million by selling the fund's shares and overcharging it almost $6.8 million in connection with capital gains tax.
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Nomura Says Fund's $49M Claim Is 'Misconceived'

By William Janes

Two securities trading arms of Nomura Group have denied causing an investment fund to lose more than $43 million by selling the fund's shares and overcharging it almost $6.8 million in connection with capital gains tax.

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Accomplice In Chinese Bitcoin Fraud To Repay £5.6M

By Eddie Beaver

A London court on Thursday ordered a convicted money launderer to repay £5.6 million ($7.6 million) for his role in a conspiracy to buy cryptocurrencies using money siphoned off from tens of thousands of Chinese investors.

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Football Club Owner Textor Fails To Overturn $97M Ruling

By William Janes

The owner of a portfolio of professional football clubs has failed to overturn a ruling that found he was in breach of a deal to buy back an investment vehicle's stake in his company for $97 million.

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LITIGATION

Ethanol Biz Loses Bid To Overturn €48M Price-Fixing Fine

By William Janes

A Swedish ethanol producer failed on Thursday to overturn a €47.7 million ($55.9 million) fine for colluding to maintain high prices by market manipulation after a European appeals court ruled that a competition watchdog did not presume it was guilty.

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CloudPay Sued For €17M Over Payroll Project Shutdown

By Eddie Beaver

A finance consultant has alleged that a payment solutions provider owes it almost €17 million ($20 million) for terminating a project aimed at providing a payroll financing product because of an alleged drop in client demand.

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UK Trading Co. Escapes £1.5M In Penalties For Tax Scheme

By Kevin Pinner

HM Revenue & Customs lacked sufficient evidence to justify more than £1.5 million ($2 million) in penalties on a securities trading company for careless and deliberate inaccuracies on its returns linked to a tax avoidance scheme involving an employee benefit trust, the Upper Tribunal ruled.

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FINTECH

Brief

Travers Smith Initiates Fintech Startup Support Service

By Ashish Sareen

Travers Smith LLP said Thursday that it has started a new year-long program to provide practical legal and commercial support to innovative fintech startups as they navigate the early stages of their development.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Pensions Regulator Seeks Trustee Input On Value Rules

By Martin Croucher

The U.K. retirement savings watchdog called on Thursday for greater industry feedback on sweeping value-for-money regulations for workplace benefit plans.

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Gov't Warned About Using Pensions To Fix UK Housing Crisis

By Martin Croucher

The government should be cautious about any plan to fix Britain's growing housing crisis by allowing workers to tap into their pensions savings early, a retirement savings provider said Thursday.

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Industry Calls For EU Rethink On Litigation Funders

By Marialuisa Taddia

A group of major trade bodies has urged the European Commission to reconsider its decision not to regulate third-party litigation funders and called for a deeper review of the sector.

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DEALS

Slaughter And May Aids Deutsche Börse's €5.3B Allfunds Deal

By Tom Fish

Deutsche Börse AG has agreed to buy European fund distribution platform Allfunds Group PLC for €5.3 billion ($6.2 billion) as the German stock exchange operator moves to create a global player in the provision of financial markets infrastructure.

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Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal

By Najiyya Budaly

Swedish private equity company EQT said Thursday that it will buy the U.K. secondaries firm Coller Capital for up to $3.7 billion in a bid to take advantage of the growing market for continuation vehicles as the PE sector continues to struggle to offload assets.

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M&G Posts 65% Growth In Pension Deal Business For 2025

By Joel Poultney

Savings and investment group M&G has said it penned £1.5 billion ($2 billion) in pension deals in 2025, almost 65% more than the amount it disclosed the year before.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How To Navigate AI M&A Risks, Compliance In Europe

As the artificial intelligence industry continues to witness substantial M&A transactions in Europe, parties should be mindful of the unique challenges posed by the acquisition of intangible AI technologies, monitor the evolving regulatory landscape, and establish optimal mechanisms for risk allocation, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

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Covington & Burling

Essex Court Chambers

Freshfields

Hengeler Mueller

J&A Garrigues

Kirkland & Ellis

Morgan Lewis

Nabarro LLP

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One Essex Court

Osborne Clarke

Quadrant Chambers

Reynolds Porter

Ropes & Gray

Slaughter and May

Travers Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abengoa SA

BNP Paribas SA

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

Coller Capital Ltd.

Delphi Automotive PLC

Deutsche Bank AG

EQT AB

EQT Corp.

Euronext Amsterdam NV

Hellman & Friedman LLC

Insurance Europe Ltd.

International Legal Finance Association

Lantmännen Ekonomisk Förening

Morgan Stanley

Nasdaq Inc.

S&P Global Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UBS Group AG

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition and Markets Authority

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

General Court of the EU

HM Revenue & Customs

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Information Commissioner's Office

The Crown Prosecution Service

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court

UK Pensions Regulator

UK Upper Tribunal