Shawn Barnett (ZA)

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Firm/Organization: Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright
Blogs: Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot, Financial services: Regulation tomorrow, Policyholder Perspective

Latest Articles

1. Licensing of asset managers South African asset managers must register as financial service providers (FSPs) with the Financial Services Board (FSB) under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS). Any person carrying on asset management business in South Africa, or from abroad directed at South African clients, whether in a discretionary or non-discretionary capacity must be licensed as an FSP under FAIS. 2. Licensing of alternative fund managers A category of FSP licence tailored specifically…
1. Licensing of asset managers South African asset managers must register as financial service providers (FSPs) with the Financial Services Board (FSB) under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS). Any person carrying on asset management business in South Africa, or from abroad directed at South African clients, whether in a discretionary or non-discretionary capacity must be licensed as an FSP under FAIS. 2. Licensing of alternative fund managers A category of FSP licence tailored specifically…
PTAB Breaks 1000 Threshold for CBM and IPR Filings Last week, the USPTO issued the official tallies/progress statistics for Inter Partes Review (IPR), Post Grant Review (PGR) and the Covered Business Method (CBM) proceedings. As of March 6, 2014 the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has received 924 IPR petitions and 127 CBM petitions, 1056 petitions in total. Since the last update in January, the PTAB has seen 150 additional petition filings. These numbers are…