by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-04 | Industry News
The FCA has recently produced an update on improvements on fund authorisation, supervision and reporting agreements with trustees and depositaries. We set out below what the update covers: Reduced authorisation times – from April 2015, the FCA will introduce new...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-02-24 | Industry News
Since the adoption of the AIFMD, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has produced a range of material relating to the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive such as technical advice, guidelines, regulatory technical...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-02-11 | Industry News
Following the Brisbane Summit in November, the G20 leaders published a communiqué that addressed many global economic issues. We set out below the following points of regulatory interest from Section 12: The leaders have fulfilled the core commitments made in response...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-02-11 | Our News
We are pleased to announce that our wide selection of templates and guidance notes are now available to purchase. Our templates will assist with all your drafting requirements in areas such as investment management agreements, investment advisory agreements,...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-02-04 | Industry News
Financial market infrastructures often contract out a number of their operations, such as IT and telecommunications, to third-party service providers. Their reliance on these third-party service providers makes the contracted services critical for the smooth...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-02-02 | Industry News
On 13 January 2015 the FCA issued an update regarding the actions the FCA and HM Treasury will be taking for the implementation of MiFID II. Three main workstreams were discussed: FCA MiFID II implementation challenges: The main challenged identified by the regulator...
