Fraud and Impersonation
Fraudsters sometimes use the name of a genuine, regulated firm in order to appear credible. This page sets out how to confirm that you are dealing with Montanaro and what we will never ask you to do.
Our details
Montanaro Asset Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our correct details are:
Legal name: Montanaro Asset Management Limited
Website: http://montanaro.co.uk . This is our only website
Email: every email address we use ends in @montanaro.co.uk
Address: 53 Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AR
Telephone: 020 7448 8600
Financial Conduct Authority Firm Reference Number: 183211
Registered in England and Wales, company number 03246931
You can confirm our authorisation on the FCA's Financial Services Register at http://register.fca.org.uk , using our Firm Reference Number. If any detail you have been given differs from the Register, rely on the Register rather than on the details you have been sent.
Related fund entities
Montanaro Asset Management Limited (FRN 183211) is investment manager to Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc and Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc.
WS Montanaro Funds, an open-ended investment company registered in England and Wales (registered number IC022806), is operated by Waystone Management (UK) Limited as Authorised Corporate Director (FRN 929093). Montanaro Asset Management Limited acts as delegated investment manager to the fund range.
Montanaro Smaller Companies plc is an umbrella investment company authorised in Ireland by the Central Bank of Ireland (reference number C25396). It is managed by Waystone Management Company (IE) Limited, and Montanaro Asset Management Limited acts as delegated investment manager to the umbrella.
If you are contacted about any of these entities, verify in the same way as for Montanaro Asset Management: check the sender's domain, and telephone us on 020 7448 8600 if in doubt. For WS Montanaro Funds, you can also check Waystone Management (UK) Limited on the FCA Register. For Montanaro Smaller Companies plc, the relevant regulator is the Central Bank of Ireland rather than the FCA.
What we will never do
We do not hold the permissions required to deal with retail clients, and we are not authorised to advise private investors. Any approach offering an investment in a Montanaro fund to a private individual, whether by telephone, email, social media or a messaging application, does not come from us.
We do not make unsolicited telephone calls offering investments. We do not promote investments through social media, messaging applications or online advertising. We do not offer guaranteed or fixed returns.
Payments and bank details
We do not notify changes to bank account details by email. If you receive any instruction to change payment details, or any request for a payment you were not expecting, do not act on it. Telephone us on 020 7448 8600, using the number published on this page rather than any number contained in the message, and confirm the instruction with someone you already deal with at the firm.
If you think you have been contacted by someone using our name
Stop, and do not send money, documents or personal information. Telephone us on 020 7448 8600 or email enquiries@montanaro.co.uk with a copy of the message and, where you have it, the full email address it came from.
You can also report the approach to the FCA on 0800 111 6768, and to Action Fraud at http://actionfraud.police.uk or on 0300 123 2040. In Scotland, report to Police Scotland on 101.