Phoebe Seers

Correspondent

Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

Selected Insights by Phoebe

Reality check for UK’s Brexit ambitions amid complaints of red tape and rigid regulators

15 May 2023 08:30 Jakub Krupa, Phoebe Seers, Fiona Maxwell

The UK hoped to see a “Brexit dividend” through adopting more agile and business-friendly rules once free from EU rulemaking.
SVB’s collapse upends UK banks' warnings on crypto risks

14 March 2023 16:03 Phoebe Seers

Financial regulators and international standard setters have warned banks about the dangers of getting too close to the cryptoasset business.
- Financial Services
- Europe
Silicon Valley Bank resolution looks like a win for UK authorities

13 March 2023 12:59 Fiona Maxwell, Phoebe Seers

The rapid rescue of the UK operations of a US bank relied on by the technology sector will have British regulators
Crypto exchange Binance didn’t bring down rival FTX, it tells UK lawmakers

16 November 2022 16:25 Phoebe Seers

Binance, has written to lawmakers in the UK to assure them it was not responsible for the downfall of its rival FTX.
- Financial Crime
- Europe
Glencore fine may be a record, but for UK fraud prosecutor there may be reasons to worry

07 November 2022 17:43 Martin Coyle, Phoebe Seers

London punished Glencore for bribery in Africa, handing the global commodities trader a fine of 276 million pounds
- Financial Crime
- Cross-Jurisdiction