FCA Statement – Corona virus and home working
4th March 2020. In a statement released yesterday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) explained that, in conjunction with the Bank of England and HM Treasury, they were working “closely” with the financial services sector to ensure it is responding effectively to the Covid-19 outbreak.
FCA’s Megan Butler: Regulator faces ‘struggle’ to achieve diversity at senior levels
Megan Butler, FCA Executive Director of Supervision, delivered her keynote speech at the Women in Investment Festival on the difficulty of diversity at senior levels.
Sturgeon Compliance Services Ltd – UK – ACQ5 Law Awards Compliance Firm of the Year
Sturgeon Compliance Services Ltd is delighted to announce that it has won the ACQ5 Law Awards 2020 category for UK- Compliance Firm of the Year.
Women In Compliance Awards – Shortlisted
Seonaid Mackenzie of Sturgeon Ventures has been shortlisted for the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to the Compliance Community.
ACQ5 Country Awards 2020 for Sturgeon Ventures
For the fourth year running Sturgeon Ventures wins Regulatory Incubator 2020 by ACQ. Sturgeon Ventures are the pioneer of Regulatory Incubation, having coined the phrase in 2001.
Financial Innovator of the year 2020 for Sturgeon Compliance
Sturgeon Compliance has been recognised by the M&A annual awards programme winning the Financial Innovator 2020 award.
Best Regulatory Incubator 2020 Award
Sturgeon are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the M&A Global Awards Best Regulatory Incubator 2020.
Sturgeon Ventures seals CISI Corporate Supporter Partnership
Read on for a recent press release from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) on Sturgeon’s corporate supporter partnership.
Seonaid Mackenzie
Seonaid Mackenzie, is the Founder of award winning Sturgeon Ventures as of 1998 which began as a single family office, incubating companies and firms from that day – known as the Venture Catalyst. Sturgeon Ventures moved into the specialty of incubating Financial Services firms as well as individuals and in 2001 pioneered “Regulatory Incubation” for […]
SEC proposes to update accredited investor definition to increase access to investment
A press release was issued on 18th December 2019 by SEC on their proposal to update the Accredited Investor Definition in order to increase access to investments.