Exclusive: World’s biggest litigation funder Harbour strikes £2m deal with sports lawyers to fund ‘no win, no fee’ FIFA lawsuits February 24, 2022 Private litigation funder Harbour has struck a £2m deal with specialist law firm Morgan Sports Law, through which Harbour plans to cover footballers’ legal costs in employment disputes put forward on a “no win, no fee” basis. Harbour will cover any legal costs in disputes between professional footballers and their employers, and take a cut [...]
1MDB Scandal: Trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng put on hold after US fails to disclose documents February 24, 2022 The trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng, over his involvement in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, has been put on hold, after it emerged the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had failed to hand over some 15,500 documents. The decision to pause the trial comes after US prosecutors admitted that a DoJ team had [...]
Lloyd’s of London chairman to helm TheCityUK’s leadership council February 24, 2022 TheCityUK has appointed the chairman of Lloyd’s of London to the helm of its leadership council. Bruce Carnegie-Brown, an insurance broker and also vice chairman of Banco Santander, will head the forum that hauls in financial and professional services figureheads to develop the organisation’s strategy in the City. Succeeding Sir Adrian Montague, who will step [...]
St James’s Place ups its dividend as bulging share prices bolster wealth manager’s coffers February 24, 2022 British wealth manager St James’s Place today posted record results, as bulging share prices saw the sums of money it manages grow by 19 per cent, to record heights of £154bn. The firm, which was established by South African financier Mark Weinberg and British banker Mike Wilson in 1991, after the pair received backing from [...]
UK fraudsters extend their reach after taking advantage of two-thirds more victims during Covid February 24, 2022 The number of UK fraud cases worth more than £100,000 jumped by two-thirds (66 per cent) between 2020 and 2021, according to new figures from KPMG’s UK Fraud Barometer. The figures show fraudsters took a splatter-gun approach to financial crime last year, in defrauding a larger number of victims for smaller sums of money than [...]
Clifford Chance tech lawyer says London law firm should adopt Silicon Valley work culture February 23, 2022 A rising star lawyer at Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has called on the Canary Wharf headquartered firm to appoint a “Chief Happiness Officer” after submitting a manifesto to his colleagues calling on the firm to create a Californian style work culture. Clifford Chance partner Jonathan Kewley, who is standing for the position of [...]
Exclusive: Most UK businesses failing to offer employees workplace pension support February 23, 2022 Most British businesses do not offer their employees adequate support in understanding their workplace pension plans, according to the results of a survey shared exclusively with Morning Wire In a poll of 365 decision makers from financial services company Mintago, 60 per cent said they do not believe their businesses provide sufficient support to employees [...]
City exclusive: London court issues arrest warrant for high-profile venture capitalist Julie Meyer February 23, 2022 The High Court has issued an arrest warrant for Julie Meyer, the founder and CEO of Swiss investment fund Viva Investment Partners (VIP), after she failed to attend a court hearing last week. The decision to issue a warrant for Meyer’s arrest comes after the High Court this month handed the high-profile businesswoman a [...]
Robots and AI’s not allowed to copyright artworks, US Copyright Office says February 22, 2022 The US Copyright Office (USCO) has said Artificial Intelligences (AI’s) should not be allowed to patent their own work, after ruling that copyright claims can only be registered on work containing elements of human authorship. The Copyright Office ruled that artificial intelligences (AI’s) should not be allowed to secure copyright on any content they [...]
Allianz to vote against executive pay policies that are not linked to ESG targets February 22, 2022 German asset manager Allianz Global Investors has said it will vote against major companies that fail to link their executive salaries to ESG metrics. The Munich headquartered multinational, which controls €2.4trn in assets, warned major UK and EU companies that it will vote down any remuneration policy that is not linked to ESG aims. Allianz’ [...]