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...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-03 | Industry News
On 6 December 2017, the Government published the UK Investment Management Strategy II report (the “Report”), which lays out the strategy and long term approach to build on the competitiveness of the UK asset management industry that will inform future government...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-03-28 | Industry News
The FCA has launched a survey for relevant firms and fund managers of EEA inbound firms that passport into the UK (the “Survey”). EEA inbound firms are those who have been authorised in an EEA state that are or have been exercising their right to carry on a regulated...
