Visa and Mastercard can exclude swaths of merchants from collective proceedings over the fees they charge, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled, finding that several categories of claimants were too late to sign up to the class. 
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Swaths Of Merchants Cut From Swipe Fees Class Action

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Visa and Mastercard can exclude swaths of merchants from collective proceedings over the fees they charge, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled, finding that several categories of claimants were too late to sign up to the class. 

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Legal, Audit Bodies Need Tighter AML Controls, FCA Warns

By Alex Davidson

Legal and accountancy professional bodies are failing to adequately enforce anti-money laundering rules for their member firms, a unit within the Financial Conduct Authority warned Tuesday.

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FCA To Revisit Listing Rules Introduced For Investment Funds

By Najiyya Budaly

The Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday that it will review the listing rules that investment funds must follow when they decide to float in London after receiving resistance from the industry.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Value For Money Framework Must Prioritize Savers, TPT Says

By Tom Fish

Regulators must refine planned new rules to strengthen oversight of the U.K.'s defined contribution pension programs as some proposals could dilute accountability and undermine member outcomes, TPT Retirement Solutions said Tuesday.

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DEALS

Broadstone To Buy Financial Services Consultancy Rockstead

By Joel Poultney

Retirement savings consultancy Broadstone said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire another consultancy that advises on financial services in a move to expand its banking and credit advisory services.

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BasePoint Sees Fall In Support For £543M Buyout Offer

By Dawood Fakhir

U.S. specialist finance group BasePoint Capital said Tuesday that the number of shares backing its £543 million ($723 million) takeover offer for lender International Personal Finance has dropped.

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PEOPLE

DLA Piper Fills Out Finance Team With 3 Akin Partners

By Tracey Read

DLA Piper has brought on three former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP finance partners, one of whom was tapped to lead its new cross-border, multidisciplinary global capital solutions team.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

Blackstone Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

DLA Piper

Freshfields

Harcus Parker

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Linklaters LLP

Milbank LLP

Monckton Chambers

One Essex Court

Orrick Herrington

Scott&Scott

Simmons & Simmons

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Slaughter and May

Stephenson Harwood

White & Case

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

BasePoint Capital LLC

J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

MasterCard Inc.

New York University

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Visa Inc.

Willis Towers Watson PLC

easyJet plc

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Financial Conduct Authority

National Crime Agency

UK Pensions Regulator