FCA Issues New Guidance on Cyber Resilience and Notification of Cyber Attacks -
The FCA published a new page on its website providing informal guidance on cyber resilience on 18 May 2017.
Following the recent global...more
7/7/2017
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Asset Management ,
Commodities ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
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Europe is the largest market for fund products after the United States. However, despite the advances of the European single market, there remains a confusing combination of pan-European and country specific rules governing...more
7/1/2017
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets ,
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Disclosure Requirements ,
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European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investors ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR) ,
Passporting ,
Private Placements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retail Investors ,
Reverse Solicitation ,
UCITS ,
UK Brexit
FCA Publishes Final Rules Removing Certain Ineffective Disclosure Requirements -
The FCA published a policy statement on 11 October 2016, removing certain ineffective disclosure requirements from the FCA Handbook...more
12/3/2016
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Asset Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID II ,
Passporting ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
HM Treasury proposes to extend Senior Managers and Certification Regime to all FCA firms -
HM Treasury published a policy paper on 15 October 2015, in which it proposes to extend the senior managers and certification...more
11/16/2015
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AIMA ,
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Asset Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FSMA ,
HM Treasury ,
Investment Funds ,
UCITS ,
UK
FCA Study on Competition in Investment and Corporate Banking Services -
The FCA has announced plans to launch its first wholesale market study into investment and corporate banking to assess whether competition in the...more
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (the “Directive” or “AIFMD”) states in Recital 94 that its objective is:
...to ensure a high level of investor protection by laying down a common...more