Sturgeon Ventures are delighted to announce they have won twice at the M&A Awards 2017.
The awards are:
1 UK Compliance Consultancy – Advice on Start-up Issues
2 UK Advisor of the Year – Seonaid Mackenzie
…”Now in it’s fifth year, the Finance Monthly M&A Awards celebrate firms and individuals across the globe who have promoted excellence in their field….”
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AI M&A 2017 – Two Awards for Sturgeon Ventures
Sturgeon Ventures wins twice at 2017’s Acquisition International Magazine’s annual awards.
1. Best Regulatory Incubator 2017
2. FinServ Gamechanger Innovation Award 2017
BREXIT UPDATE: ESMA ISSUES BREXIT OPINION TO EU REGULATORS 31ST MAY
June 07, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority foresees regulatory and arbitrage risks in Brexit and has issued an opinion as a practical tool to help achieve supervisory convergence among EU regulators—Brexit negotiations begin on June 19, and Brexit is scheduled to occur on or before March 30, 2019 unless an extension is agreed.
Women In Finance Charter – One Year On
Almost half of UK financial services staff now covered by ground breaking Women in Finance Charter.
Sturgeon Ventures are proud to have signed up to this initiative since July 2016.
Another 33 firms have signed up to the government’s ground-breaking Women in Finance Charter, with 33,000 extra staff in the UK now covered by the plan to tackle gender inequality in financial services.
HFM Week European Services Awards – 6 Shortlists for Sturgeon
Sturgeon Ventures has been shorted listed for 6 awards within the HFM Week European Services Awards 2017.
Those shortlist nomination categories are:
AIFM Solutions – Update
The AIFM Solutions academy has been updated with marketing for AIFs for 2017.
The vision and core objective is to create a go to place for start ups and overseas firms to find innovation and education in the world of The Alternative Investment Fund Management industry, a landscape with many complexities, born out of the AIFM Directive.
AIFM – Overview Of The UK’s Small Registered AIFM Regime
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and Sturgeon Ventures set out an overview of the regulatory regime for a small registered UK AIFM under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU.
The Trust Issue
‘Trust is important in the good times but also in the bad because life goes in peaks and troughs and there’s going to be a point when you’re going to require that trust, and if you’ve lost it before, how do you go about demonstrating that actually you are not going to repeat history?’
John Lewis
ESMA Advice on Extending the AIFMD Passport to Non-EU Countries
ESMA sees no significant obstacles to extending the AIFMD passport to nine key countries.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published advice to the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council in relation to the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to non-EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) and alternative investment funds (AIFs) in 12 countries. This advice follows ESMA’s earlier advice published on 30 June 2015 on the application of the AIFMD passport to non-EU countries.
Sturgeon Ventures Wins Multiple Awards at the 11th Annual ACQ5 Global Awards
The 11th Annual ACQ5 Global Awards 2016, have for the 3rd year running awarded Sturgeon Ventures as the Best Regulatory Hosting firm of the year alongside:
- International Business Strategy Consultancy of the year
- UK – Gamechanger of the year – Seonaid Mackenzie
- Family office Wealth Advisor of the year
