by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-21 | Industry News
On 13 March 2015 the FCA published its guidance on financial promotions in social media. In the FG15/4 Social media and customer communications guidance paper, the FCA discusses how firms can use social media in a manner that is compliant with regulatory rules. Below...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-16 | Our News
For over two years Cleveland Ventures has served as an innovator in both a fast developing legal profession and in the provision of investment management-related courses. Our exceptional quality of service, combined with our team’s broad experience, has helped us to...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-09 | Our Thinking
On 24 March 2015 the Financial Conduct Authority set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. This is also the first year that its Risk outlook is published as part of the...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-07 | Our Thinking
On 5 March 2015 the FCA published its Thematic Review 15/2: Structured Products: Thematic Review of Product Development and Governance (TR15/2). In TR15/2, the FCA sets out its findings from its latest review of the structured products market. The review is relevant...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-26 | Industry News
On 19 February 2015, the FCA published its FS15-01 Feedback Statement as a response to the DP14/3 Discussion Paper. The Feedback Statement is part of the regulator’s work of examining firms using dealing commission and in particular, the charges that are being paid by...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-24 | Our Thinking
On 18 February 2015, the FCA published its thematic review on asset management firms and the risk of market abuse (TR15/1). The paper presents the regulator’s findings from the thematic review of how asset management firms control the risk of committing market abuse....
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-17 | Industry News
On 24 February 2015 the Bank of England (BoE) published a speech by Andrew Hauser, Director of Market Strategy at the BoE and head of the Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) secretariat. The speech was aimed at identifying the key issues raised in the FEMR...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-11 | Our Thinking
Fiduciary duties of investment managers have been a matter of considerable debate in English law. Fiduciary obligations are generally sought to be excluded from investment management agreements, however, there are many proponents to the position that investment...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-05 | Our News
Within the past few months, the Cleveland Ventures’ team has been hard at work revitalising our brand and developing a new corporate image. We believe that our new branding will be reflective of our stand-out market position as leaders and innovators in the...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-04 | Industry News
The FCA has recently produced an update on improvements on fund authorisation, supervision and reporting agreements with trustees and depositaries. We set out below what the update covers: Reduced authorisation times – from April 2015, the FCA will introduce new...
