07/13/2022
It also supports the objectives set out in the FCA’s Strategy 2022‑2025 and Business Plan which included a commitment to strengthen the UK’s position in wholesale markets, including developing proposals to improve the functioning of equity sec
07/13/2022
The first set of guidelines contain the minimum instructions that NCAs should provide to market participants for submitting their applications to them.
07/13/2022
The Treasury Select Committee urges ministers to tackle skills shortages made worse by long Covid
07/12/2022
Most QIAIFs are given fast track approval by the CBI, under which it authorises a QIAIF in 24 hours without reviewing the fund documents.
07/12/2022
STAR Capital with headquarters in London was established in 1999 and is a private equity firm focused on building and developing businesses around strategic assets in Western Europe.
07/12/2022
Recognising the efforts and initiatives of Saffery Champness across its offices in Guernsey and Switzerland, the judging panel noted the firm had “demonstrated many achievements over the past 12 months.
07/11/2022
The EU will initiate steps to delist the Cayman Islands once FATF removes the Cayman Islands from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring.
07/11/2022
Following adoption of the Partnership Agreement, the single operational programme and the Just Transition Plan for Cyprus, the EU will invest a total of more than €1 billion in the country between 2021 and 2027.
07/08/2022
The FCA emphasised the increasing prevalence of providers and the potential harm from lack of regulation in this area.
07/08/2022
The rules are aimed at protecting consumers against some of the risks related to crypto assets investment and helping them to avoid fraudulent schemes.
07/08/2022
Greenwashing is a form of marketing which conveys a false message because it provides misleading information as to the sustainability of a particular product or service.
07/08/2022
Taxes ‘must be raised to offset mounting cost of ageing population and falling fuel income’
07/08/2022
Given at Bank of England Webinar
07/08/2022
LCF was an issuer of mini-bonds, which it stated it used to make loans to corporate borrowers to provide capital for further investment.
07/07/2022
Pimfa highlighted the “limited” take up of streamlined advice services to date, which it said has largely been delivered through robo-advisers because advice firms are lacking confidence in delivering streamlined services.
07/07/2022
A compromise is an agreement between a company and its creditors which allows the company to settle its liabilities.
07/07/2022
Those who get help find it useful. Eight out of ten (79%) people in financial difficulty who used debt advice would recommend it and 70% said it had been more helpful than they had anticipated.
07/07/2022
The guidance focuses on three types of compromise: schemes of arrangement, restructuring plans and voluntary arrangements and only relates to compromises in relation to liabilities.
07/07/2022
328 MEPs voted against
07/07/2022
The report is part of the statutory review which must be carried out within three years of the measures coming into force.