A major corruption trial against Nigeria's former oil minister, a tax fraud case against a prominent barrister and the prosecution of two men over a cyberattack on London's transport network are among the biggest white-collar cases in 2026 not brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
A major corruption trial against Nigeria's former oil minister, a tax fraud case against a prominent barrister and the prosecution of two men over a cyberattack on London's transport network are among the biggest white-collar cases in 2026 not brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
The European Union's markets watchdog warned Tuesday that fund managers are frequently breaching rules governing the marketing of funds three years after requirements were put in place for a more harmonized approach and four years after guidelines were issued.
The number of working Britons who would increase their pension contributions in 2026 if they reviewed their retirement savings increased by nine percentage points over 2025 in the biggest year-on-year shift in pension behavior, a survey has found.
Strutt & Parker, an estate agent owned by BNP Paribas, is facing an £8 million ($10.8 million) claim from the trustees of farm land who allege the company and a surveyor negligently undervalued the property, leading to a sale at a significant loss.
Barclays Bank PLC has settled a $643,000 claim from a Singaporean fire safety company that alleged the bank negligently failed to prevent an elaborate fraud that duped the fire safety business into transferring funds to criminals.
U.S. investment firm Long Path Partners has said it will change the mechanism used in its £339.5 million ($460 million) buyout of U.K.-based government software company Idox PLC in order to make it easier for the deal to go ahead.
Financial services consultancy Broadstone said Tuesday that it helped to steer 36 pension deals worth a record £508 million ($687 million) in 2025, taking the total of transactions completed through its SM&RT Insure service to more than £1 billion.
