The RoboCap Automation and Robotics Fund will invest in the ‘next industrial revolution’
– London, 4 January, 2016 –
One of the world’s first pure play robotics funds has been launched by regulatory incubator Sturgeon Ventures and investment adviser RoboCap.
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The Art of Listening – A Christmas Message
It is through this creative process
that we at once love and are loved
I want to reflect on a subject as we move into a holiday time with our families young and old – the great and powerful thing that listening is.
Spoofing the Order Book: UK and U.S. Regulators Take Aim
William Yonge (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP) and Seonaid Mackenzie (Sturgeon Ventures) discuss.
What Is Spoofing?
“Spoofing” is a form of market manipulation in which the trader layers the order book by submitting multiple orders on one side of an exchange’s order book at prices away from the touch in order to move the price but with no intention to execute.
Sturgeon Ventures Welcomes Tanya Hailes
Sturgeon is very excited to welcome Tanya Hailes to the Sturgeon Risk and Monitoring Team. Tanya has worked in Compliance for fifteen years and has headed up compliance monitoring teams at several investment firms including HSBC Investment Management and ICAP.
Sturgeon Ventures partners with ViClarity
Sturgeon Ventures partners with ViClarity to launch on line compliance and training portal known as SIMS.
Sturgeon Ventures Is Awarded Most Outstanding Regulatory Incubator – UK – M&A Awards 2015,Corporate LiveWire
The 2015 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards Guide celebrates the achievements of dealmakers, management teams, financiers and professional advisors who, over the past 12 months, have demonstrated excellence in their deal making.
2015 Finance Awards – 2 Wins for Sturgeon Ventures
Sturgeon Ventures has been awarded the Best Family Office Wealth Adviser 2015 – UK and the Award for Innovation in Start-up Incubation by Acquisition International Magazine, 2015 Finance Awards.
These prestigious awards celebrate financial achievement, innovation and brilliance from an international perspective.
Dentons speaks to Sturgeon Ventures regarding Writing an Outsourcing Policy
Practical Guidance on Writing an Outsourcing Policy
Businesses that operate within the regulated sector often rely heavily on outsourcing to third parties. This can operational and regulatory risks. This article provides general practical guidance on how to write an outsourcing policy.
Sturgeon Ventures firm domiciles newest Malta fund
Sturgeon Ventures domiciled a few years ago in 2013, a couple of funds in Malta, and The Maltese Times captured this event. We thought it was a good article to re-highlight Malta as a good fund jurisdiction. Sturgeon has continued to domicile its start-up funds in Malta as self-managed funds which is still a cost effective route for Start-up funds, and albeit they do not have a full European Marketing Passport, they can market into all the countries allowed under National Private Placement as well as the US under the Sturgeon SEC License.
Rob Moulton of Ashursts speaks to Seonaid Mackenzie on the Remuneration Issues for FCA and PRA firms
Remuneration Issues for FCA and PRA firms
To jog your memory, in July 2014 the PRA and FCA (the Regulators) published a joint consultation paper on ‘Strengthening the alignment of risk and reward: new remuneration rules (PRA CP15/14/ FCA CP14/14)’. The consultation paper contained key proposals to amend the rules relating to deferral and claw back as well as the rules on remuneration of non-executive directors and bonus provisions for bailed-out banks.
