Costs of capital – senior counsel discuss hard lessons from the post-Lehman clampdown

With regulatory focus on financial services business unrelenting, effective risk management strategies are vital. We teamed up with Cornerstone Research to assess the challenges

Nine years ago, the financial services world began undergoing seismic changes with the onset of the credit crunch that have left the industry where it is today. The aftermath led to repeated overhauls of regulation, to the extent that none are certain what the endgame might be, particularly with significant new regulation such as Basel IV being widely spoken of.

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‘Sheer inadequacy’: Chakrabarti calls on Labour party to appoint GC in independent antisemitism review

Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of Liberty, and the author of Labour’s report into antisemitism, has called on the party to appoint a general counsel or other staff lawyer, as well as a legal panel.

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Barclays to extend value accounts framework as part of latest panel review

More firms set to repay bank if targets missed

Barclays is planning to extend the value account system it introduced in 2014, where law firms are required to pay a rebate if they fail to hit their value targets, to all external advisers as part of its current panel review.

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