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Dr Timo Schlaefer / Crypto Facilities“Met Facilities are unrivaled as a regulatory host in the fintech space.”
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Sapna Chadha / SCH Global“Met Facilities cut through the complexity and provided us with a simple solution”
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Jonny Paul / Financial Times"Solution driven with commercial awareness. The leading umbrella provider."
Regulatory hosting service
Met Facilities provides a regulatory hosting umbrella. Once setup as an Appointed Representative we provide all your regulatory permissions, while assuming responsibility for your compliance oversight, training and risk monitoring.
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Quick and effective solutions
By outsourcing your compliance obligations to our regulatory hosting platform, you can be up and running within weeks with all your permissions allowing you to focus on building your business. Our tailored solutions are both flexible and cost-effective.
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Leveraging expertise and infrastructure
Met Facilities is part of the Met Group, a London-based group working across asset management, fund management, market making, proprietary trading and corporate finance. Our regulatory hosting solution leverages the infrastructure, knowledge and experience that has underpinned the Group’s activities for more than a decade.
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- Asset managers
- Brokers
- Business angels
- Corporate financiers
- Crowdfunders
- Financial arrangers
- Fintechs
- Funds
- Investment managers & advisers
- Managed account providers
- SME lenders
- Venture capitalists
- Wealth managers
- Etc
Services include:
- Regulatory Hosting Umbrella
- Regulatory Incubation Platform
- Appointed Representative
- Controlled Function
- Lending our regulatory permissions
- Regulatory Innovation unit collaboration
- Sandbox exercises
- Regulatory Compliance
- Operational Support
- Facilities & Technology
- Advisory Services
Sapna Chadha / SCH Global Read More"Met Facilities cut through the complexity and provided us with a simple solution"
Conduct regulated activity in weeks under our umbrella
SMCR countdown: 9th December 2019
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FCA sets out latest expectations for firms on Brexit
The FCA has issued a press release detailing what steps it has taken in case the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Firms will be required to comply with post-exit MiFID transaction reporting and EMIR trade reporting requirements. If a no-deal Brexit was to occur, passporting will end. Therefore, any EEA passporting firm will […]
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FCA announces extension to its use of the temporary transitional paper
The FCA has confirmed its intends to extend the proposed duration of the directions issued under the temporary transitional power to the 31 December 2020. The FCA will publish further information before exit day on how firms should comply with post-exit rules. The extension is aligned with the end date intended by the Bank of […]
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FCA policy statement on optimising the Senior Managers & Certification Regime
The FCA has published Policy Statement (PS) 19/20: Optimising the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR). PS19/20 summarises the feedback the FCA received to Consultation Paper 19/14 and its response to the feedback, setting out changes to the SMCR. The main changes to the existing rules discussed in the PS include: confirming that the Head […]
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FCA consults on guiding firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on proposed guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The guidance sets out the FCA’s view of what the FCA Principles require of firms to ensure that vulnerable consumers are consistently treated fairly across financial services sectors. The draft Guidance is set out in […]
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ESMA consults on guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II compliance function requirement
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published Consultation Paper on guidelines on certain aspects of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) compliance function requirement. ESMA’s proposals for guidelines in this area are aimed at helping firms to increase the effectiveness of the compliance function, enhance clarity and to foster convergence on […]
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New platform to replace Gabriel and improve the way the FCA collects data from firms
The Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it has started work to improve the way it collects data from firms and plans to move to a new platform for its data collection systems which will replace Gabriel. This work is central to the FCA’s Data Strategy, which is designed to help the FCA deepen it’s […]
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Personal. Professional. Experienced.
Our team has over 60 years of financial services experience and are adept at structuring regulatory solutions for a variety of activities. We have launched, grown, mentored and partnered with businesses across a multitude of disciplines.
We understand what is required to grow a firm. We focus on what matters.
Every discussion is an opportunity so please get in touch to find out how we can facilitate your business.
Danny Kessler
Managing Partner and CEO of the Met Group
Michael Jacobs
Managing Partner
Bhavesh Kotecha
Managing Partner
