by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-30 | Industry News
On 2 October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) Chair, Charles Randell, delivered a speech on the damaging cycle of deregulation, crisis and regulation (the “Speech”) at the annual Association for Financial Markets in Europe (“AFME”) conference, and...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-18 | Industry News
On 1 November 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) added three new questions and answers to its Q&A (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”). The purpose of the Q&A is to provide clarity on the practical application of MAR...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-04 | Industry News
The Investment Association (the “IA”) have recently published their annual asset management survey for 2017-2018 (the “Survey”), which is now in its sixteenth year. The survey captures asset management undertaken by members of the IA on behalf of domestic and overseas...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-10-01 | Our Thinking
The London Stock Exchange has provided guidance on the new “comply or explain against” requirements for Alternative Investment Market companies, within the AIM Rule 26. AIM is a submarket of LSE, which allows smaller, less viable companies to float shares with a more...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-09-21 | Our News, Recruitment
We are very excited to announce the launch of our trainee solicitor programme! We are looking for trainee lawyers with in-house experience in financial services. For more information on our programme including: what to expect from day one, a detailed job specification...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-09-21 | Our News, Recruitment
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our internship programme! If you are a law graduate or LPC student with an interest in financial services, please click here for more information, including detailed programme specification and our recruitment...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-09-11 | Awards, Our News, Us in the Press
We are thrilled to announce that we are finalists at the Investment Week, Women in Investment Awards for our contribution to gender diversity. Please click here for more information. The winners will be revealed on 28 November. Good luck to all the...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-09-05 | Industry News
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), together with the Bank of England (“BofE”) (together, the “Regulators”) are currently investigating how technology can be used to make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-08-22 | Our Thinking
On 4 July 2018, the FCA published, in their latest policy statement (PS18/14), its feedback on consultation paper CP 17/25 and near final rules on how the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (“SMCR”) will be applied to all FCA regulated firms and the steps such...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-08-22 | Our News, Recruitment
We are looking to expand our team and have three exciting opportunities: US qualified lawyer UK qualified lawyer (dual-qualification preferred, but not essential) Australian qualified lawyer Experience We are looking for candidates with in-house experience and an...
