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National Australia Bank is in talks with NBNK, the challenger bank run by former Northern Rock's former chief executive Gary Hoffman, over a merger of its UK operations as part of a bid for the 632 branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group, plus other...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has completed its investigations into three investment frauds which lost hundreds of investors millions of pounds following a decision at Harrow Crown Court last week.

Despite all the noise around sythetic ETFs, there is just as much risk in physical ETFs if counterparty risk is not diversified.

A suspect in an alledged £10m Ponzi scheme which targeted ex-pats has been extradicted from Spain to Britain to face fraud charges.

Some 80% of advisers have said regulatory scrutiny on exchange traded funds (ETFs) echos their own concerns about the products.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed wide ranging reforms and a tightening of the rules around how exchange traded funds (ETFs) operate in Europe.

A dealer in retail properties has been jailed for three years for defrauding investors in deals exceeding £1.3m.

Financial companies can expect increased scrutiny from prosecutors and regulators as the biggest overhaul of Britain's bribery laws in more than a hundred years comes into force today.

Three individuals have been charged as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into an alleged £10m 'Ponzi' scheme.

Former chartered surveyor Ian McGarry, jailed yesterday for seven years for his part in a £50m mortgage fraud, is to appeal the sentence, which his solicitor branded as "manifestly excessive".