by Emma Cleveland|1 November 2018|Our Thinking
For 2019, ESMA’s focus will include supervisory convergence work in the area of Prospectus and Securitisation Regulation. The continued implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR will be a point of focus, whilst ESMA will also work on the third-country regime under MiFIR particularly in respect of equivalence assessments and concluding co-operation arrangements. Moreover, coping with […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|31 October 2018|Industry News
A project to enhance the electronic execution of documents came out of the Law Commission’s 13th Programme of Law Reform in January 2018. Subsequently, a consultation paper was published on 21 August 2018 and the Law Commission is requesting feedback on certain proposals in relation to the use of electronic signatures and deeds (the “Consultation”). […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|30 October 2018|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 ultimately warned against the dangers of deregulation. SUMMARY The FCA recognises how damaging the cycle of deregulation, crisis […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|18 October 2018|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 with the aim of promoting a common supervisory approach. The latest updates […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|4 October 2018|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 clients. The Survey has found that the total assets managed in the UK by […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|1 October 2018|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 flexible regulatory system than that applicable to the main market. The AIM […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|21 September 2018|Our News
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 and our recruitment process, please click here.
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|21 September 2018|Our News
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 process.
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|11 September 2018|Awards
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 finalists!
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|5 September 2018|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 of information they provide. Together, they hope to create a model driven and machine readable regulatory […]
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