Starmark Investment Management Limited

for aspiring appointed representatives and fund managers. starmark was established in 1998. in 2005, starmark investment management limited (siml) (previously starmark trading limited) received authorisation from the financial services authority, now the financial conduct authority (fca) to engage in investment management business. over the years siml has engaged in broking and fund management activities and has acted as investment manager for a number of offshore funds. over the past year or so siml has focused on providing regulatory umbrella services to facilitate activities of those who wish to advise/arrange transactions via the appointed representative (ar) route and aspiring fund managers who wish to manage/trade client money by way of a fund or managed account. this involves obtaining from the fca the cf1 (ar) (director) and cf30 (customer) controlled functions for the ar and the cf30 controlled functions (directly under siml) for fund management. we recognise that regulatory c