Regulatory review beckons for Gibraltar
The government of Gibraltar and HM Treasury are looking for a consultant to undertake a “diagnostic review” of the overseas territory’s insurance regulatory regime.
Bankruptcy and divorce: What next for Boris Becker’s assets?
After former tennis star and bankrupt Boris Becker and his wife Lilly announced their separation following nine years of marriage last week, barrister Nicholas Fairbank looks at what the ramifications are for his finances.
Best Practice | 4 Jun 18
UK sets out overseas compensation framework
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), National Crime Agency (NCA) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have agreed a framework to speed up compensation claims from overseas victims of economic crime.
Europe bulls could eye UK on political shocks
UK equities could be a beneficiary of Spanish and Italian political turmoil, despite investors playing down existential risk to the European Union from the peripheral economies.
Spain: plus ça change
Spain’s government collapsed last week and Pedro Sánchez replaced Mariano Rajoy as prime minister but unlike the political turmoil in Italy, Spanish bond markets have been unruffled.