Stocks & shares • The London Stock Exchange, including insider dealing, market abuse, mergers & acquisitions, share prices, corporate finance & valuations • Binary options, contracts for difference, spread betting, forex frauds & scams • Financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, insolvency & company valuations • Financial reporting, fraud & professional negligence issues • Money laundering issues & investigations • Forensic accounting, fraud investigations & Proceeds of Crime Act calculations • Foreign ...

Investment banking • Corporate finance • Mergers & acquisitions • Public takeovers • Equity fund raising • Prospectus standards • Corporate governance • FSA/FCA regulation

Have been ask to provide expert opinion on the following: • Equity release - Whether the advice process was correct and/or suitable and whether all alternative options had been explored. Also to assess whether the lender acted within the regulations. • Mortgages - Suitability of mortgage advice. • Pensions and investments - Suitability of pension advice, and whether a firm retains liability for ongoing advice. Suitability to switch pension products. Suitability of recommended investment solutions.

Investment banking • Capital markets • Derivatives • Fund management • Investment management • Wealth management • Hedge funds • Quantitative investing • Algorithmic trading • Systematic investing • Interest rate swaps • Credit default swaps • Cryptocurrencies • HFT • Artificial intelligence • Alternative data • Trading technology • Information technology • Intellectual property, compliance and operations • Private credit • Private equity Dr Richard D Bateson:...