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The CEO of Canada’s deposit insurance agency is set to take over the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, the country’s chief regulatory body.

28 June 2021

Jones Day has hired a five-strong team in its Paris financial markets practice, including four Gide Loyrette Nouel lawyers led by the French firm’s former head of financial services Jean-Guillaume de Tocqueville.

04 June 2021

Former Deutsche Bank general counsel Florian Drinhausen has joined Ashurst, a year after he departed the bank.

21 May 2021

Ashurst and Travers Smith have named new partners in their London financial regulatory teams.

14 May 2021

Bird & Bird has hired the head of Swedish firm MAQS’ banking practice, a former in-houser at Danske Bank, as a new financial regulation partner in Stockholm; while the former deputy general counsel at New York’s Department of Financial Services has joined Arnold & Porter.

12 May 2021

The head of Herbert Smith Freehills' financial services regulatory practice in Asia has crossed over to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, bringing three associates with him.

30 April 2021

The FCA’s international executive director and interim COO Nausicaa Delfas has been named to head up the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service, while South Africa’s FSCA and Dubai’s DFSA have both announced their new leadership.

23 April 2021

Tel Aviv-based social trading platform eToro has appointed Hedva Ber, formerly Israel’s leading banking regulator, as its global chief operating officer.

13 April 2021

The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for its “vast” new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, as its director Kenneth Blanco announces his departure to head Citi’s new financial crimes unit.

06 April 2021

Spain’s Banco Santander is launching a bid to reacquire the remaining stake in the Mexican unit it sold almost a decade ago.

29 March 2021