Out-Law: UK banking regulator promises final bank ring-fence structure and governance rules for 2016

Final rules about the legal structure and governance arrangements required of those UK banking groups that will have to 'ring-fence' their retail activities from their riskier investment banking activities will be published in the first half of next year.... 29 May 2015

Singapore to further 'smart nation' ambitions with increased IT spend

Singapore's government plans to spend more than SIN$2 billion on new IT products and services this year as part of its push to become a 'smart nation'. 29 May 2015

Pensions Ombudsman's decision potentially a 'pyrrhic victory' for saver who transferred £100,000 into suspect scheme

A scheme suspected of being used for so-called 'pension liberation' must transfer a member's pension savings at his request, the Pensions Ombudsman has ruled. 29 May 2015

European Commission launches new circular economy consultation

The European Commission has launched a 12-week public consultation on new policy options to help develop a waste reduction plan that it calls the 'circular economy'.  29 May 2015

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