Regulatory Umbrella Services, known as Regulatory Incubation and/or Regulatory Hosting, that partner your start-up in the UK Financial Services Industry.
Sturgeon Ventures is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Sturgeon provide Regulatory Umbrella Services aimed at start-up companies in the Financial Services Industry which offer services to Professional Clients. The path of a start-up in this industry can be beset by many pitfalls, but with Sturgeon as a Partner, you can focus on becoming an established and profitable business.
The FCA has created a set of regulations that are rigorous and exacting, and quite rightly so. When you are managing someone else’s wealth, you have to hold yourself to higher standards. But that doesn’t make it easy. Meeting those standards takes time and a large amount of administration. If you’re a start-up you may not have either of these in abundance. And if you’re not careful, you could find yourself putting all your energy into meeting regulatory requirements, rather than creating profit for your business. That is where we come in. Sturgeon Ventures is Authorised and Regulated by the FCA, therefore enabling us to offer regulatory activities that work towards your application for FCA Authorisation. We have been helping young businesses enter the financial services sector in the UK since 1998, and it is that depth of experience that informs all our client relationships. This experience is perhaps best exemplified in our regulatory umbrella services. Our main aim is to help start-ups and young businesses get to market as quickly and as professionally as possible.
Support that gives you room to breathe.
A key feature of our Regulatory Umbrella is the support
At an institutional level, we provide robust support through operations and technical strands. The process involved in applying for your FCA Authorisation and regulation is complex and time-consuming, and needs to be followed rigorously. We can help companies do this by taking the reins and guiding them towards compliance, leaving businesses to get on with what they do best: create revenue. We help with documentation, training and strategy development for your FCA Authorisation and approval. When the application goes through, you’ll know it has been developed and processed professionally.
Freeing up your valuable resources
We work with hedge funds, private wealth management companies and advisers, to name but a few. All of our clients want to trade in investments while they wait for full FCA Authorisation, and we create the conditions that allow them to do so. The key benefit here is that you gain the opportunity of redirecting resources into other aspects of your business. Rather than spending time and energy, as well as money, in training employees to work on compliance issues, a good umbrella framework removes the need to use your organisation’s precious resources. And it’s easier too. The compliance materials can be complex and even appear baffling. We will ensure that they are explained and managed with the minimum of jargon, so you get a plain speaking, common sense service. This removes huge barriers to progress, because again the resources you save can be deployed elsewhere.
If you’d like further help or want to become an Appointed Representative working with an FCA Regulated firm, please contact Sturgeon Ventures.
Sturgeon Ventures FCA Registration listing can be found here – Registered FCA Listing