On 12 March 2021, the FCA imposed a number of restrictions, effective immediately, on Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd, stopping the firm from carrying on any regulated activities due to the regulator’s concerns about the way it had conducted its business.
Dolfin provides wealth management services to retail and professional clients in shares, government and corporate bonds, and investment funds. The firm also provides Tier 1 investor visa services to high net-worth overseas individuals.
The FCA has identified a number of serious concerns around the way that Dolfin operates its business, including the firm’s Tier 1 investor visa activities and its financial crime controls.
The FCA imposed voluntary restrictions on its regulated activities on 24 December 2019, and commissioned a Skilled Persons Review. However, following the conclusion of the Skilled Persons Review, the FCA determined that it is appropriate in the interests of protecting the integrity of the UK financial system to stop the firm from carrying out regulated activities and has imposed these restrictions.
The restrictions stop Dolfin from carrying on any regulated activity and prevent it from reducing the value of its assets, or any of the client money or custody assets it holds, without the consent of the FCA.
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