by Leela | 2019-10-01 | Awards, Our News, Us in the Press
Huge congratulations to our Managing Director, Emma Cleveland, for being shortlisted in the 2019 British Legal Awards hosted by Legal Week, amongst such a fantastic group of women in the category for Women in Law Award – Wider Industry! The British Legal...
by Leela | 2019-09-27 | Industry News
On 23 September 2019, the Thomas Cook Group plc (“Thomas Cook”), a world-renowned holding travel group, consisting of nineteen companies, entered insolvency as it was approaching the end of its cash flows and therefore unable to pay its liabilities. As a result, the...
by Leela | 2019-09-09 | Industry News
The new Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 came into effect on 21 July 2019 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) which repealed and replaced the current Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC (the “Prospectus Directive”). As a result, new prospectuses approved after 21 July 2019,...
by Leela | 2019-08-28 | Industry News
Our Managing Director was recently quoted in an article, “Asset managers face mounting regulatory data costs” by Ignites Europe talking about exponential data costs coupled with the number of licences firms need resulting in increasing costs per year as...
by Leela | 2019-08-20 | Industry News
Following on from our Brexit series which focused on the updated no deal measures in the United Kingdom (“UK”) and in the European Union (‘EU”), this article focuses on the updated no deal measures in Italy and Ireland. In light of how quickly the developments...
by Caroline Sheldon | 2019-07-26 | Industry News
Earlier this month the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper on prohibiting the sale to retail clients of investment products that reference crytpoassets (“Consultation Paper”). The Consultation Paper proposes a ban on marketing,...
by Caroline Sheldon | 2019-07-26 | Industry News
THE CONSULTATION The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), launches a public consultation on the development in prices for pre and post trade data and post-trade consolidated tape (“CT”) for equity instruments. Whilst MiFID II sets out the legal...
by Leela | 2019-07-08 | Industry News
In May 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published their findings of a review they carried out with respect to principal firms (“Principals”) and their appointed representatives (“ARs”) within the investment management sector (the “Review”). The Review...
by Caroline Sheldon | 2019-07-03 | Industry News
A UK based crypto currency hedge fund is the first investment firm in the UK to receive full-scope authorisation from the financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). THE LICENCE In a Bloomberg report published on 2 July 2019, it has been confirmed...
by Caroline Sheldon | 2019-06-28 | Our Thinking
With a no deal Brexit remaining a possibility, the UK, the EU and individual EU members continue to review their regimes and the measure that will be put in place in the event of a no deal scenario. This article forms part of the Cleveland & Co Brexit series and...
