Deloitte fined in connection with 1MDB corruption scandal January 30, 2019 Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has today been hit with a 2.2m Ringitt (£409,559) fine by Malaysian regulators for failures in its audit of a firm linked to the scandal-hit 1MDB fund. The Securities Commission Malaysia issued a reprimand and fine for four breaches connected to the 2.4bn Ringitt Sukuk Murabahah Programme, an Islamic bond issued [...]
Investors get green light to inspect SFO documents in legal action against Tesco January 29, 2019 A group of investors pursuing legal action against Tesco over its 2014 accounting scandal have been given the green light to inspect documents compiled by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Last Friday a High Court judge ruled that the documents, now in Tesco’s possession, would be of “considerable litigious advantage” to the claimants. Judge Hildyard [...]
MJ Hudson launches Milan office to strengthen EU business January 29, 2019 MJ Hudson has opened an office in Milan as the asset management consultancy strengthens its European presence and targets further expansion. The firm launched a fund management solutions team in Luxembourg in 2017 to act as a gateway to Europe after the UK leaves the EU in March this year. Read more: 60 per cent of asset [...]
Recruiter SThree’s profits up 20 per cent last year despite a troubled UK staffing market January 28, 2019 SThree’s share price was up four per cent in early trading as it posted better-than-expected profits. In its final year results, the specialist staffing company said pre-tax profits were up 20 per cent for the year despite “slower industry growth” in the UK market than elsewhere. The figures Profit before tax was £53.4m for the [...]
Tougher trading conditions around Brexit could lead to more partnership disputes, warns law firm January 28, 2019 Disruption around Brexit and legal changes could lead to an uptick in the number of partnership disputes reaching the High Court, a law firm has said. Partnership and employment law firm Fox & Partners said the process of the UK leaving the EU could end the downturn in the number of partnership disputes, which dropped 20 per [...]
Legal Q&A: I bought a leasehold house 10 years ago and I am worried I may have difficulties selling it. What should I do? January 24, 2019 Firstly, please do not assume that a leasehold house is bad news. There are many parts of the UK, especially in London, where there are a considerable number of leasehold houses that are perfectly saleable and mortgageable. You need to look through the documents you received from your solicitor to check if whether there are [...]
Shares plunge in listed law firm Gordon Dadds following £10m placing January 24, 2019 Shares in listed law firm Gordon Dadds plunged nearly 25 per cent today after it announced a £10m share placing. The firm said the accelerated bookbuild was successful and oversubscribed, conditional on the passing of a placing resolution at a general meeting and the admission of the shares to the Aim market. The firm’s share price [...]
Here’s what happened to the UK professional jobs market in 2018 and what to watch out for in 2019 January 24, 2019 It is not unusual after the rest and relaxation of Christmas for people to consider their current career path and decide to search for new opportunities. But it’s also important for these prospective jobseekers – and hiring managers – to look back at the previous year, in order to learn about the current state of [...]
Sir Philip Green accuses Telegraph of colluding with Lord Hain in his naming in harassment story and bids to uncovers its sources January 23, 2019 Retail mogul Sir Philip Green is set for a court battle with the Daily Telegraph in an attempt to uncover the newspaper’s sources for its front page story alleging harassment by an unnamed businessman. Arcadia’s lawyers were granted an interim injunction preventing the naming of Green and Arcadia as the subjects of the piece. However, [...]
Audit watchdog should be scrapped ‘as swiftly as possible’ says Legal & General chair January 23, 2019 The government should act “as swiftly as possible” to abolish and replace the UK’s audit watchdog, MPs were told today. Sir John Kingman, who chaired a review into the operation of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said the regulator’s senior leadership should be overhauled in the meantime. “I would like to see the government get [...]