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FCA CONSULTS ON MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CLIENT ASSETS SOURCEBOOOK

by gcleve|24 August 2017|Industry News

The FCA has recently issued a consultation paper (“CP 17/29”) on minor amendments to the Client Assets sourcebook (“CASS”). These amendments are as a result of feedback received by the FCA from the industry regarding the difficulties that investment firms are experiencing when depositing client money at banks in accordance with CASS requirements. This feedback […]

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IOSCO’S FINAL REPORT: RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF CLIENT ASSETS

by gcleve|8 August 2017|Industry News

The final report (the “Final Report”) released by the International Organisation of Securities Commission (“IOSCO”) at the end of July sets out their findings on how jurisdictions are progressing since IOSCO published their 2014 report (the “Report”) regarding the protection of client assets. IOSCO’s review team has looked into whether and to what extent the […]

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FCA INVESTMENT PLATFORMS MARKET STUDY: TERMS OF REFERENCE PUBLISHED

by gcleve|2 August 2017|Industry News

On 17 July, the FCA published the Terms of Reference (“ToR”) for their latest study on investment platform market (the “Study”). The 5 broad topics being considered to assess whether competition between investment platforms work in the interest of consumers, are set out below. The FCA is encouraging feedback on the topics by 8 September […]

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IMPACT OF MIFID II: RESEARCH

by gcleve|7 July 2017|Our Thinking

On Monday 3 July 2017, the FCA released policy statement 17/14 (“PS 17/14”) with the final rules on the implementation of MiFID II. The impact in particular on brokers and analysts will be great due to the new regulations focused on how research can be paid for. Our Managing Director, Emma Cleveland, has been […]

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MIFID II: FCA FINAL RULES ON IMPLEMENTATION PUBLISHED

by gcleve|4 July 2017|Industry News

On Monday 3 July 2017, the greatly anticipated implementation policy statement was published by the FCA. Policy statement (PS 17/14) follows from 6 previous consultation papers and discusses the implementation of MiFID II and most importantly sets out the final rules on conduct of business, client assets and final rules and guidance on certain other […]

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WE ARE THE CITY INTERVIEWS EMMA

by gcleve|26 June 2017|Our News

Our Managing Director, Emma Cleveland, has been featured in We Are The City’s ‘Inspirational Woman’ series. Read about Emma’s advice to other women, the challenges she’s faced, and her career successes here.

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CLEVELAND & CO 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

by gcleve|21 June 2017|Our News

Today we are celebrating Cleveland & Co’s 5-year anniversary! We have come a long way since 2012 and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients who have supported us over the past 5 years. We look forward to continue working with you all and seeing what exciting prospects the […]

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ESMA FIND IMPORVEMENTS IN REGULATORS’ SUPERVISORY PRACRICES CONCERNING FAIR, CLEAR AND NOT MISLEADING INFORMATION

by Emma Cleveland|13 June 2017|Industry News

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) is committed to monitoring follow-up actions taken by national competent authorities (“NCA’s”) to address the findings of peer reviews. The recent follow-up report published by ESMA provides an update on the actions undertaken by ten Member State NCAs further to the 2014 Peer Review on MiFID Conduct of […]

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Council adopts new rules on prospectuses

by Emma Cleveland|25 May 2017|Industry News

On 16 May 2017, the Council of the European Union adopted the proposed regulation that repeals and replaces the Prospectus Directive and the Prospectus Regulation (the “New Regulation”). The first prospectus directive was adopted in 2003 and revised in 2009. The updated prospectus rules are in the form of an EU regulation. The Commission issued the proposal […]

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