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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II: 1926 – 2022

by Victoria Smith|14 September 2022|Events

Today, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Westminster Abbey, London to lie in state. At Cleveland & Co, we pay tribute to The Queen for her more than 70 years as monarch. The Queen epitomised the values of integrity, consistency and resilience, having devoted her life to public service.

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Cleveland & Co shortlisted for Financial Times Innovative Lawyers award!

by Victoria Smith|13 September 2022|Awards

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted at the upcoming Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards 2022, in the category of Business of Law: Challenging Traditional Models. This category shortlisting reflects the innovative nature of Cleveland & Co’s unique External In-house Counsel business model, which provides financial services firms with more flexible, efficient, […]

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ASIC priorities for 2022-26: Corporate plan

by Victoria Smith|7 September 2022|Our Thinking

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”), Australia’s corporate, markets, financial services, and consumer credit regulator, has released its Corporate Plan 2022-26 with a focus on the period of 2022-23 (“Corporate Plan 2022-26”). The Corporate Plan 2022-26 highlights the strategic priorities for the following four years, and the strategies to be used for the successful […]

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FCA consults on broadening retail access to the long-term asset fund

by Victoria Smith|6 September 2022|Our Thinking

overview On 1 August 2022, the FCA published a Consultation Paper 22/14 (‘‘CP22/14’’) on broadening retail access to the Long-Term Asset Fund (“LTAF”). The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in CP22/14 proposes among others to broaden the distribution of the LTAF to retail investors in the UK, to increase the level of exposure some authorised retail […]

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‘Meet the Team’, trainee cohort: Zara Todd

by Victoria Smith|2 September 2022|Our News

Our Q&As with our amazing trainee cohort continues and today, we are delighted to introduce you to Zara Todd who joined us initially as a paralegal and then was accepted on our trainee programme. We sat down with Zara to ask her a few questions about trainee life at Cleveland & Co. What made you […]

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Key changes made on ASIC’s regulatory guides from January to June 2022

by Victoria Smith|1 September 2022|Our Thinking

overview On 11 July 2022, the Australian Securities Investments Commission (‘‘ASIC’’) published the ‘January-June 2022 consolidated regulatory document updated tables’, illustrating the changes made to the Regulatory Guides (“RGs”) from January 2022 to June 2022. The RGs have been reissued by ASIC which relate to (1) the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles (“CCIVs”) and (2) the […]

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UK competition law: the CMA’s recommendations on the retained block exemption regulation

by Victoria Smith|31 August 2022|Our Thinking

On 28 June 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether the two EU Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations retained from EU law (“HBERs”), should be renewed or varied after 31 December 2022. This includes certain categories of research and development agreements, in which two or more […]

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FCA sets out final rules and guidance for a new Consumer Duty

by Victoria Smith|25 August 2022|Our Thinking

summary On 27 July 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a Policy Statement 22/9 (‘‘PS22/9’’), and provided feedback to its December Consultation Paper 21/36 (‘‘CP21/36’’), setting out the final updated rules on the new Consumer Duty (the “Duty”) which will set higher expectations on the standard of care firms provide consumers in retail financial […]

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‘Meet the Team’, trainee cohort: Rebecca Solomon

by Victoria Smith|17 August 2022|Our News

As part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, over the next few weeks we will be featuring Q&As with our amazing trainee cohort. Today, we are delighted to introduce you to Rebecca Solomon who joined us initially as a paralegal and then was accepted on our trainee programme. We sat down with Rebecca to ask […]

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FCA changes for Appointed Representatives

by Victoria Smith|17 August 2022|Our Thinking

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has confirmed new rules to improve oversight of Appointed Representatives (“AR”), which will take effect on 8 December 2022 (“New Rules”). The AR regime is set in primary legislation and allows unauthorised firms to engage in regulated activities without having to be authorised by the FCA. The New Rules will […]

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