A major private equity firm concerning a self - report to the effect that they had breached the general prohibition by arranging contracts of insurance without
FCA authorisation.
Advising SilkrouteFinancial (UK) Limited on its application for
FCA authorisation and various business and transactional matters including the effect of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive across the EU.
Not exact matches
Last week, Jonathan Davidson, executive director of supervision - retail and
authorisations at the Financial Conduct Authority (
FCA), told a conference that credit levels were close to a peak seen in 2008.
All firms with interim permission will need to apply for full
authorisation from the
FCA during the period from 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2016.
Further, a number of other provisions in FSMA (for example, sections 26, 27 and 30) render agreements or transactions unenforceable, and give rights to recover money (or other property) and to obtain compensation, where the circumstances in which those agreements or transactions were entered into contravene certain rules in FSMA (for instance, if necessary
authorisation from the
FCA has not been obtained).
However, issuers and currency exchanges should heed the
FCA's warning and consider whether they will be carrying out any regulated activities requiring
authorisation.
«If your firm is not authorised by the
FCA and is offering products or services requiring
authorisation it is a criminal offence.
It is likely that dealing in, arranging transactions in, advising on or providing other services that amount to regulated activities in relation to derivatives that reference either cryptocurrencies or tokens issued through an initial coin offering (ICO), will require
authorisation by the
FCA.
Regulated «activities in relation to derivatives that reference either cryptocurrencies or tokens issued through an initial coin offering (ICO), will require
authorisation by the
FCA.»