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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Xior, ISIN BE0974288202, on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 28/03/2018 at 12:30 CET. Source: FSMA

All natural persons who have the status of intermediary must have a certain level of professional knowledge and must engage regularly in continuing professional training. This also applies to persons who perform ‘regulated’ key functions at an intermediary that is a legal entity. Although those who serve as ‘persons in client-facing positions (PCP)’ may receive ongoing […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out a new employment offer designed to reward strong, consistent performance, aid career development and close pay gaps.  This follows an extensive, wide-ranging and comprehensive consultation with all FCA colleagues and the FCA’s Staff Consultative Committee.  The changes, including updates to the proposals consulted upon, will mean […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is establishing a new advisory committee on secondary markets and is looking for expressions of interest from market participants to join. The purpose of the Committee is to support our wholesale secondary markets work in equities, derivatives, fixed income and commodity derivatives. The Committee’s task will be to: help develop […]

From today, new restrictions will apply to claims management companies (CMCs) to prevent them from charging excessive fees to consumers owed compensation from financial services firms.  Under new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules in force from today, the maximum consumers can be charged will depend on how much redress they are due. For example, if […]