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The SFO has not yet charged a company under the Bribery Act 2010
The Serious Fraud Office is promoting its “SFO Confidential” whistleblowing facility, which it describes as a service “for those who want to give information about serious or complex fraud or corruption on the understanding that their identity will not be inappropriately disclosed”:
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European Commission proposes amendments to the Transparency Directive
On 25 October 2011 the European Commission published draft amendments to the Transparency Directive (TD). The TD – which was implemented in the United Kingdom in 2007 through the Transparency Rules of the FSA Handbook and amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 – is the underlying European legislation that drives:
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Pensions Regulator has “widened its investigations” into pre-pack administrations
In September 2011 we reported on the attention that the Pensions Regulator is paying to the acquisition of Brintons by the Carlyle Group, which saw Carlyle acquire the senior debt of Brintons freed of its pension liabilities – and to the similar situations at Polestar and Silentnight.
The Daily Telegraph reports today that the Pensions Regulator is:
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