by Emma Cleveland | 2017-02-23 | Industry News
On 8 February 2017, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) released a report which describes the evolution of innovative business models, based on FinTech, which are transforming the financial services industry. This report looks to various...
by Emma Cleveland | 2017-02-22 | Our News
We have developed a range of amendment templates that you can use to update all your agreements to comply with MiFID II. This will be a cost effective and efficient way for firms to ensure compliance with the new directive coming into force on 3 January 2018. For...
by Emma Cleveland | 2017-02-16 | Industry News
The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) have recently published two reports on the re-hypothecation of client assets (defined as any use of client assets by a financial intermediary) and non-cash collateral re-use. The reports broadly conclude that there is no immediate...
by Emma Cleveland | 2017-01-25 | Industry News
House of Commons Treasury Select Committee – EU exit and transitional arrangements As part of its inquiry into the UK’s future economic relationship with the EU, the Treasury Committee has recently issued a call for written submissions on transitional...
by Emma Cleveland | 2017-01-05 | Industry News
The FCA published Policy Statement PS14/4 relating to new rules to protect investors on loan-based and investment-based crowdfunding platforms in February 2014, which generally came into force on 1 April 2014. Loan-based crowdfunding platforms are those through which...
by Emma Cleveland | 2016-11-24 | Industry News
Introduction The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published a new set of Q&As on transparency topics under MiFID II and MiFIR. The purpose of the Q&As is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MiFID...
