Our Peer-to-Peer (P2P) expertise

Bringing together the expertise of our FS focussed senior colleagues, our team has unrivalled experience in working with regulated firms. Our dedicated FS team is headed by Managing Director Dina Devalia, an FS sector specialist who works exclusively with regulated businesses. Dina is both a licensed and qualified restructuring professional, as well as a leading regulatory specialist, having spent ten years of her career at the Financial Services Authority (predecessor to the FCA). Since 2012, Dina has specialised in advising FS firms when facing challenging trading conditions, insolvency and regulatory issues.

Our work with P2P platforms spans our broad range of services. We support and advise platforms on a variety of strategic, operational and regulatory issues and work with platforms at every phase of development, from fledgling start-up businesses to more established players moving towards a more institutional identity.

Excellent industry relationships

Our multi-disciplinary team of dedicated specialists has developed a credible reputation with the regulatory stakeholders, including the FCA, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Our team has undertaken numerous restructuring assignments for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) firms. We blend a strong background in restructuring, financial advisory, special situations, and regulatory expertise to deliver actionable results.

Quantuma has worked with many Professional Practice advisers on numerous assignments and has developed strong working relationships with these external colleagues.

Senior specialists to support you

Our multi-disciplinary team of senior specialists blends a strong background in financial advisory, restructuring, special situations and regulatory expertise to deliver actionable results. We complement this with unrivalled experience in working with the key regulatory stakeholders in respect of regulated businesses. 

Here to help

If you would like to know more about how we can help you, please get in touch.
 

 

Dina Devalia
Managing Director
T: +44 (0)20 3872 8342
M: +44 (0)7557 419 361
E: dina.devalia@quantuma.com

 

 

Brian Burke
Managing Director
T: +44 (0)20 3856 6720
M: +44 (0)7464 545 265
E: brian.burke@quantuma.com

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As part of its latest key updates, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published guidance for Financial Services (FS) firms on preparing a wind-down plan. The purpose of a wind-down plan is to enable a FS firm to cease its regulated activities and exit the market in an orderly manner, if its business is no longer viable. The FCA states that it: ‘expects firms to consider the scenarios leading to financial stress, explore recovery options and, as a last resort, wind-down their business’.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is turning up the spotlight on what it sees as “widespread weakness in wind-down planning”. If your wind down planning (WDP) fails to meet the FCA’s expectations, your firm could face an increase in regulatory scrutiny on capital and operational controls. But as Dina Devalia explains, effective wind-down planning isn’t just a compliance exercise. It’s also a good way to test the viability of your operations. So how can you get your wind-down planning up to the mark?