by gcleve|8 September 2017|Our Thinking
On 26 July 2017, the FCA published its consultation paper CP 17/25 regarding the extension of the Senior Managers & Certification regime (“SM&CR”) to all FCA firms. The purpose of extending the SM&CR regime is to raise the standard of conduct for everyone who works within with financial services industry and to make the more […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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.
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby 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 […]
Read moreby Emma Cleveland|31 May 2017|Awards
We are extremely proud to share with you that Emma has been announced as the Boutique Lawyer of the Year for Women in Law awards 2017. The Women in Law awards are a series of internationally recognised awards, celebrating the outstanding innovation, hard work and ambition of female lawyers and in-house counsel that have influenced […]
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