Ex-Woodford director's firm no longer holds FCA approval

Private equity investment platform Curated Capital removed from register

James Baxter-Derrington
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Curated Capital, the private equity investment platform set up by former Woodford chief technology officer Jonathan Adair, can no longer carry out regulated activities.

The firm initially received Financial Conduct Authority permissions to act as an appointed representative of Thornbridge Investment Management on 7 November 2021, but this was ended on 17 March 2022. A warning on the FCA register read: "This firm is no longer registered with the FCA as an appointed representative agent of an authorised firm, and can no longer carry on regulated activities. "Do not start to do regulated business with an AR that is no longer registered." An invitation-only platform for professional investors, Curated Capital aims to "[commercialise] companies that ar...

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