UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Halifax and Penn. Halifax and Penn is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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On 30 January 2017, ESMA has issued an Opinion, addressed to national regulators in order to ensure a harmonised approach across the EU, in which it sets out the following four high-level principles which UCITS must follow when setting up different share classes: common investment objective; non-contagion; pre-determination; and transparency. It should be noted that…
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The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has become a full signatory of the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) after the IOSCO team of international experts assessed ADGM as fully compliant with the international benchmark for effective cross-border cooperation. The IOSCO MMoU provides a global framework for enforcement co-operation…
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