Maltese Parliament has, on the 26th of June, approved forthcoming laws concerning Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). These come in the form of three pieces of legislation, namely Malta Digital Innovation Authority (‘MDIA’) Act, the Innovative Technology Arrangements and Services (‘ITAS’) Act, and the Virtual Financial Assets (‘VFA’) Act.
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Seonaid Mackenzie Shortlisted At Women In Finance Awards 2018
Sturgeon Ventures are excited to announce that Seonaid Mackenzie has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Ambassador of the Year category at the Women in Finance Awards 2018.
Sustainable Finance coming To The Core Of The Investment Community
Sustainable Finance coming to the Core of the Investment Community using ESG for Socially Responsible Investments:
The European Commission has published its package of proposals in relation sustainable finance. It is encouraging responses to the proposals.
Sturgeon Ventures Calls For More Agile Working To Tackle Gender Pay Gaps
Please see below a response by Seonaid Mackenzie, Founding Partner at Sturgeon Ventures, to the Gender Pay Gap Data being issued by companies with over 250 employees. Sturgeon Ventures is a pioneer of regulatory incubation in the UK’s financial services industry.
Happy Easter from the pioneer of Regulatory Incubation
Sturgeon Ventures celebrates Easter by delivering A MessagePad celebration, change and chocolate. We have sponsored an egg with Paul Young, an entrepreneur in the field of fine chocolate. Paul added the rainbow sprinkles to our egg to compliment our love of a little colour in all our brands.
Sturgeon Shortlisted For Two HFM European Hedge Fund Services Awards
Sturgeon Ventures are pleased to announce that they have been shortlisted for two HFM European Hedge Fund Services Awards 2018, Best advisory firm – regulation and compliance and Best hedge fund platform.
Amended EuVECA Regulation And EuSEF Regulation In Force From 1 March 2018
A number of changes to the EU regulations covering European venture capital funds (EuVECA funds) and European social entrepreneurship funds (EuSEF funds) will be in force from 1 March 2018. The text of the regulation amending the EuVECA Regulation and the EuSEF Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1991) was published on 10 November 2017.
Two Wins for Sturgeon – M&A Today Global Awards 2018
Sturgeon Ventures are pleased to announce that they have won two awards in this year’s M&A Global Awards – 2018:
- Best Regulatory Incubator 2018
- FinServ Gamechanger Innovation Award 2018 – UK
More about the awards:
Project Harar Complex Mission 2018 – Five Days to go
Jackie Riley (jr@sturgeonventures.com) who many of you know in our Fund Monitoring Team is leaving London in 5 days from now to be part of this amazing work www.projectharar.org. Sturgeon Ventures has already donated 3,000 eggs (in true honour of being an incubator) for the project to help nourish the children pre and post operations. With Easter fast approaching and if thoughts of eggs are filling your heart, do take a look at this awesome mission.
The FCA’s 11 Principles for Regulated Firms – Core Values
Financial Services Start-ups – Ensure you go to a Regulatory Hosting Firm with Integrity, the 1st FCA Principle.
Sturgeon Ventures having incubated people and firms for the past 20 years, prides its pioneered model of the Regulatory Incubator on focusing on the FCA’s 11 Principles at its core.
