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LIBOR, FX and Key Benchmark Rigging Claims against RBS, Barclays, HSBC & Lloyds set to Strengthen for Customers Mis-sold Derivatives
Posted on: March 9, 2018
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The door has been opened by the Court of Appeal in PAG v RBS [2018] for misrepresentation claims to be brought by a counter-party to a derivative which is linked to LIBOR, FX or key benchmark where the Swap is [&hellContinue Reading →]
Tags: Banking Law, Banks, Barclays, Derivatives, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Regulation, Financial Services, Financial Services Authority, FSA, Global Restructuring Group, GRG, Hedging, HSBC, Interest Rate Swaps, IRHP, LIBOR, LIBOR Litigation, LIBOR Manipulation, Litigation, Lloyds, Mis-selling, RBS, Swaps Mis-selling, Swaps Settlements
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Property Alliance Group v RBS [2018]: Court of Appeal Opens the Door for Implied Misrepresentation Claims against Banks Mis-selling LIBOR-linked Derivatives
Posted on: March 5, 2018
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The Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Longmore LJ and Newey LJ) handed down judgment in the highly anticipated appeal from Asplin J’s decision in Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2016] EWHC 207 [&hellContinue Reading →]
Tags: Banking Law, Banks, Derivatives, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Authority, FSA, Global Restructuring Group, GRG, GRG Review, Hedging, Interest Rate Swaps, IRHP, LIBOR, LIBOR Litigation, LIBOR Manipulation, Litigation, Mis-selling, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swaps Mis-selling
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Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Property Alliance Group (PAG) v RBS (2 March 2018)
Posted on: March 2, 2018
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The Court of Appeal has today (2 March 2018) handed down judgment in the highly anticipated appeal in Property Alliance Group Limited v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2018] EWCA Civ 355. Although the claimant’s appeal was unsuccessful, the [&hellContinue Reading →]
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Letter from the FCA to the Treasury Select Committee detailing FCA powers and regulatory perimeter (30 January 2018)
Posted on: February 6, 2018
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The Treasury Select Committee has published a Letter from the Chief Executive of the FCA relating to the powers and perimeter of the FCA, dated 30 January. The letter provides a useful outline on the FCA’s regulatory ambit, especially in relation to RBS GRG, embedded [&hellContinue Reading →]
Tags: Banking Law, Banks, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Regulation, Financial Services, Global Restructuring Group, GRG, GRG Review, Interest Rate Swaps, IRHP, LIBOR, Litigation, Mis-selling, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland
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HM Parliament Condemns RBS GRG’s Parasitic Treatment of SMEs
Posted on: January 26, 2018
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On 18 January 2018, a Parliamentary backbench motion on RBS’s Global Restructuring Group’s (GRG) systemic failure to protect SMEs has received unanimous Ministerial support in condemning the bank’s parasitic relationship and systematic asset stripping of the British business sector. The debate [&hellContinue Reading →]
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