by Emma Cleveland | 2018-11-14 | Industry News
In the recent case of Signia Wealth(“Signia”) and Vector Trustees Ltd(“Vector”) [2018], the High Court of Justice ruled that Signia’s bad leaver provision did not breach the penalty doctrine, and was therefore enforceable. THE FACTS The case originated when Ms...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-11-13 | Industry News
Earlier this week, the UK’s Cryptoassets Taskforce (consisting of HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) and the Bank of England) (the “Taskforce”) published its final report, providing an overview of cryptoassets and underlying technology as...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-11-06 | Industry News
The Privy Council recently upheld a decision that a hedge fund manager had not acted dishonestly or improperly when it failed to accurately describe to its client, the structure of its fund, and the way in which their client’s investments were being leveraged (Al...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-31 | Industry News
A project to enhance the electronic execution of documents came out of the Law Commission’s 13th Programme of Law Reform in January 2018. Subsequently, a consultation paper was published on 21 August 2018 and the Law Commission is requesting feedback on certain...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-30 | Industry News
On 2 October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) Chair, Charles Randell, delivered a speech on the damaging cycle of deregulation, crisis and regulation (the “Speech”) at the annual Association for Financial Markets in Europe (“AFME”) conference, and...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-18 | Industry News
On 1 November 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) added three new questions and answers to its Q&A (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”). The purpose of the Q&A is to provide clarity on the practical application of MAR...
