Legal duty to conduct the FCA IRHP Review Fairly – Suremime v Barclays Bank
The High Court has decided that it is arguable that major banks owe duties of care to their SME customers to conduct the FCA Interest Rate Hedging Product…
The High Court has decided that it is arguable that major banks owe duties of care to their SME customers to conduct the FCA Interest Rate Hedging Product…
The Sunday Times reports on the largest ever publicly disclosed settlement of an interest rate swaps mis-selling case. The derivatives in question were sold to a Care Home by Lloyds…
LLOYDS BANK – INTEREST RATE HEDGING PRODUCT (IRHP) MIS-SELLING £4.6 MILLION GBP LITIGATION SETTLEMENT WITH SME CARE HOME LONDON, UK – Lloyds Bank Plc (LLOY.L) has settled a High…
Holmcroft Properties Limited v KPMG (Daily Telegraph, April 25, 2015, Business 33). Holmcroft wins permission to bring a judicial review against KPMG’s conclusion that the redress offered in the redress…
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is reviewing its past sales of 1,800 Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) loans to small businesses, following concerns that RBS did not properly explain…
The House of Commons Treasury Committee has today (10 March) published its report on Conduct and competition in SME lending. This report covers bank mis-sold interest rate derivatives,…
The Financial Conduct Authority’s confidential agreement with several major banks, which set up the Interest Rate Hedging Product (IRHP) Review, was published today. The Treasury Select Committee has also…
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have now begun a review of past sales of fixed rate loans often sold as Tailored Business Loans (TBLs). These are Fixed Rate Loan wrapper products with embedded derivatives.
HMRC has distributed tax advice leaflets for banks to hand to customers receiving redress from mis-sold Interest Rate Hedging Products (IRHP), urging correct tax return reporting. Affected banks must review sales since 2001 under FCA supervision, leading to customer compensation. Redress payments, consisting of basic redress, 8% compensatory interest, and consequential losses, are generally taxable income or subject to capital gains tax. Individuals should account for tax deducted from interest. HMRC recommends consulting an accountant for complex scenarios.
RBS’ bad bank (Royal Bank of Scotland Capital Resolution – RCR) has been set up to take over RBS’ bad loans (those with significant non-performing assets). When transferring…