Sponsor notices

To help ensure greater transparency in the Sponsor regime, below is a record of published statutory notices we have issued to sponsor firms.

Date Published

Sponsor Firm

Description of Notice

29/07/2024 Dickson Minto Advisers LLP Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for listing on the Official List in the listing category closed-ended investment funds.

29/07/2024

 

Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for listing on the Official List in the listing category closed-ended investment funds.

29/07/2024

 

Winterflood Securities Limited (trading as Winterflood Investment Trusts) Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for listing on the Official List in the listing category closed-ended investment funds.
22/04/2024 Dickson Minto Advisers LLP Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).
08/08/2016 Cenkos Securities Plc The FCA imposes on Cenkos Securities Plc a financial penalty of £530,500 for breaching its obligations under the Listing Rules 8.3.3R, 8.3.1AR and 8.6.6R.
06/02/2015 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).
18/12/2014 Execution Noble & Company Limited The FCA imposes on Execution Noble & Company Limited a financial penalty of £231,000 for breaching its obligations under the Listing Rules 8.3.5R and 8.7.8R (1)(a).

16/12/2013

Dexion Capital plc

Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).

16/12/2013

Dickson Minto W.S.

Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).

16/12/2013 Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).
16/12/2013 Winterflood Securities Limited (trading as Winterflood Investment Trusts) Following a request received from the Sponsor Firm, the FCA hereby limits and restricts the services to which the sponsor approval of the Sponsor Firm relates, such that the Sponsor Firm may provide sponsor services solely to a company listed or applying for a listing on the Official List in the listing category premium listing (closed-ended investment fund) or premium listing (open-ended investment companies).
26/05/2011 BDO LLP The FSA publishes a statement in the form of a Final Notice censuring BDO for contravening Listing Rule 8.3.3R in relation to BDO’s failure to act with due care and skill in relation to a sponsor service, and Listing Rule 8.3.5(1)R in relation to BDO’s failure to deal with the FSA in an open and co-operative way. 
: Information added links to previous final notices added
: Information changed Winterflood Securities Limited, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP and Dickson Minto Advisers LLP
: Information added Dickson Minto Advisers LLP