by Emma Cleveland | 2018-05-17 | Industry News
In August 2017, the FCA published consultation paper CP17/28 (the “Consultation Paper”) which sets out several proposals designed to support the retail investment advice sector. These included amendments to the FCA’s Perimeter Guidance Manual (“PERG”) on what amounts...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-05-15 | Industry News
On 12 March 2018, the FCA published its Discussion Paper: Transforming Culture in Financial Services (DP18/2) (the “Discussion Paper”), that presents a series of views from academics and industry thought leaders. The intention behind the Discussion Paper is to provide...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-05-01 | Industry News
On 12 March 2018, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published draft proposals aimed at removing certain regulatory and administrative barriers to the cross-border distribution of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) and undertakings for collective investment...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-26 | Industry News
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published Handbook Notice 48, setting out the changes made to the FCA Handbook under the following instruments that were made by the FCA board in September and October of 2017, such as the Financial Services Compensation...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-19 | Industry News
The Court of Appeal considered the circumstances where a parent company can be held liable for the acts of its subsidiaries in the judgement Okpabi and others (on behalf of themselves and the people of Ogale Community) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another [2018] EWCA...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-18 | Awards, Our News, Us in the Press
We are very proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for a Legal Week Innovation Award in the category, ABS Innovation. The Legal Week Innovation Awards celebrate outstanding innovative achievement within legal services and recognise firms that...
