Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP
Reference number: 612226
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
70 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ES, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When boussard-gavaudan.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3751 5400 is
- Whether SW1Y 5ES is a shared office: 29 other firms give it
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (3)
- 020 3958 2542
- 020 4600 0675
- 020 4603 4393
Fake email addresses (4)
- andrejmatic@xptradersemail.com
- support@xboinvest.email
- support@xptraders.email
- support@xptradersemail.com
Fake websites (1)
- xptraders.com
The FCA warning these came from
- XBO Trading/ XP Traders 3 February 2025
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an authorised AIF
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- CPMI Requirement
The firm is only permitted to carry on the activities specified in FUND 1.4.3R (1) to (6) or any successor provision
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- OC388967 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 5 November 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 70 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ES, United Kingdom
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Gavaudan | LLP designated member | Oct 1961 | 5 Nov 2013 | 2 other companies |
| Filippo Tarenghi | LLP member | Oct 1978 | 20 Nov 2015 | 1 other company |
| Melchior Von Engelhardt | LLP member | Mar 1980 | 1 Jul 2022 | None |
| BOUSSARD & GAVAUDAN PARTNERS LIMITED | Corporate LLP designated member | Not published | 5 Nov 2013 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 3
- still active
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
3 February 2025
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2023
31 March 2023
- Boussard & Gavaudan Partners Limited gained significant control
- La Compagnie Des Ecrehous S.A.S. no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
30 June 2016
- La Compagnie Des Ecrehous S.A.S. gained significant control
Companies House
2014
7 November 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (CPMI Requirement)
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
11 July 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2013
5 November 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 41 events
- All 41 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 31
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 41 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: XBO Trading/ XP Traders fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk