Corporate Legal Updates & Commerical Insight

Feb

2019

Corporate

FCA announces measures to improve retail fund investor information

In a recent policy statement FCA has set out a package of measures to improve the quality, comparability and robustness of information provided to investors in retail funds. Background and scope This policy statement follows on from the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study This study has already resulted in measures to improve competition in the… Read more »

Posted by Karen Fountain

On February 12, 2019

Feb

2019

Corporate

Wates Principles for Corporate Governance – how can they help your company?

“THE WATES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES PROVIDE A TOOL TO HELP LARGE PRIVATE COMPANIES LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR, TO SEE WHERE THEY HAVE DONE WELL, AND WHERE THEY CAN RAISE THEIR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STANDARDS TO A HIGHER LEVEL.” – JAMES WATES CBE, CHAIRMAN, WATES GROUP Several high profile collapses (such as BHS and Carillion) have… Read more »

Posted by Elisha Hale

On February 11, 2019

Feb

2019

Corporate

How do you transfer shares owned by someone who has died?

This blog is aimed at company owners and those involved in dealing with the estate of a deceased shareholder. It looks at the key corporate considerations for transferring shares when a shareholder dies. A second blog will consider broader succession planning issues for business owners. In this blog, we assume that the executors have obtained… Read more »

Posted by Elisha Hale

On February 8, 2019

Feb

2019

Corporate

FCA Consulting on Cryptoasset Regulation

Consultation Paper The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation setting out guidance on its regulation of cryptoassets on 23 January 2019. The consultation is available to read in full here. The consultation is a welcome move by the FCA to provide guidance on where crypto assets fall within the existing UK regulatory regime; particularly… Read more »

Posted by Natalie Bundy

On February 8, 2019

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