Case Summaries Up To July 2006
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By Law Brief Publishing on 30/05/2006 00:00
Part IV Permission. On 30 May 2006 Strathardle Asset Management Ltd was refused Part IV Permission as personal investment firm and general insurance intermediary because it failed to satisfy the threshold conditions of adequate resources and suitability. The FSA’s decision also considered that Mr Davys, who was an Officer of the company, was not a fit and proper person.
By Law Brief Publishing on 17/05/2006 00:00
Fit and Proper Person. The Tribunal held that contrary to the RDC’s view Mr Manchanda was a fit and proper person. There was nothing to suggest that Mr Manchanda was linked to the serial frauds perpetrated by his previous company.
By Law Brief Publishing on 11/05/2006 00:00
Final Notice was given to the Middleton Financial Ltd on 11th May 2006 in order to cancel the Part IV permission granted for failing to satisfy the FSA's threshold conditions to the proper standard.
By Law Brief Publishing on 26/04/2006 00:00
The FSA imposed a financial penalty on Besso in the sum of £20,000 for Besso's conduct in relation to a former employee (who had been convicted of fraud) and a subsidiary company of Besso, which acted as the appointed representative, to carry out controlled functions. The former employee was not at any time an approved person. The FSA stated that the requirement that only approved persons carry out controlled functions extends to firms that use appointed representatives to perform those controll ...
By Law Brief Publishing on 20/04/2006 00:00
Permission under Part IV of FSMA 2000 cancelled for failing to conduct business in compliance with proper standards and for failing to comply with Principle 11 and in particular for failing to submit its Retail Mediation Activities Return for the period ended 31 July 2005.
By Law Brief Publishing on 18/04/2006 00:00
Permission under Part IV of FSMA 2000 cancelled on the basis that FSA was not satisfied Easylife was a fit and proper person and for failing to comply with Principle 11 and in particular for failing to pay fees to the FSA.
By Law Brief Publishing on 18/04/2006 00:00
Permission under Part IV of FSMA 2000 cancelled on the basis that FSA was not satisfied Easylife was a fit and proper person and for failing to comply with Principle 11 and in particular for failing to pay fees to the FSA and to submit its Retail Mediation Activities Return.
By Law Brief Publishing on 10/04/2006 00:00
The FSA imposed a financial penalty on an individual in the sum of £35,000 in respect of misconduct whilst being an approved person. Mr Tebbutt was the Chief Executive of Millfield Group plc, which operated a network of financial advisers. The action arose as a result of misleading information provided by Mr Tebbutt to the FSA during its consideration of an application for change of control. The change of control in this case was an intended merger between Millfield Group plc and Inter-Alliance ...
By Law Brief Publishing on 24/01/2006 00:00
The FSA alleged that Mr Baldwin had through his investment vehicle engaged in market abuse as defined by s 118 of FSMA. It was said that he had been given information about the performance of a company's principal asset which was not generally available to the market. WRT purchased shares which subsequently rose by more than 100% on announcement of the information to the public thereafter. Fines of £25,000 and £24,000 were imposed respectively by the FSA. On reference to the Tribunal, Couns ...
By Law Brief Publishing on 15/12/2005 00:00
The FSA refused the application by Gale Financial to vary Part IV permission to include the regulated activity of making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts, as they had not satisfied the threshold conditions in relation to being a ‘fit and proper person’.
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