by Emma Cleveland | 2016-10-06 | Industry News
On 20 September 2016, HM Treasury released their consultation to amend the definition of financial advice (the “Consultation”). This Consultation is the product of the Financial Advice Market Review (the “Review”) which was launched by HM Treasury and the FCA in March...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-10-05 | Our Thinking
The FCA have recently produced an alert that highlights some of the risks that authorised firms may encounter by accepting business from unauthorised introducers, lead generators and/or other authorised introducers. We have summarised the FCA’s alert and set out...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-09-27 | Industry News
On the 4 and 5 September 2016, the G20 leaders met and President XI Jinping (chairing the summit) stated that one of the main issues and areas that the leaders need to focus on is the present global economy and the need to address volatility in the financial market...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-09-23 | Industry News
Purpose The Board of International Organization of Securities Commission (“IOSCO”) have recently published a consultation paper in order to obtain stakeholders’ views on a set of proposed good practices for investors to voluntarily terminate collective...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-09-21 | Our News
We have recently launched the first of our exclusive range of online investment management-related courses. Our online courses are ideal if you cannot attend our London-based courses in person or if you prefer the flexibility of being able to do a...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-09-15 | Industry News
Purpose The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commission (“IOSCO”) have recently published a consultation paper in order to obtain stakeholders’ views on a set of proposed good practices for investors to voluntarily terminate collective investment...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-09-14 | Our Thinking
Our key cases glance card contains practical take away points and drafting tips from some of the most notable cases of 2015 in regards to commercial contracts. Please click below to access it. Should you have any questions regarding any commercial contract...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-08-22 | Awards, Our News, Us in the Press
We are thrilled to announce that Cleveland & Co have been shortlisted for the Law Society’s tenth annual Excellence Awards in the category ‘Excellence in Business Development’. In this category, the judges are looking for ‘examples of business development...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-07-27 | Industry News
The asset management industry has grown exponentially in the past decade, for example, through an increased variety of fund structures and cross border distribution. Consequently, this means that vulnerabilities associated with asset management activities need to be...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-07-26 | Our News
One of our new clients has recently been in the press: Kepler Partners LLP has launched its first Dublin based UCITS platform which gives investors access to its Kepler Liquid Strategies ICAV and its sub-fund; KLS Zebra Global Equity Beta Neutral. As the shares of the...