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UK Listing Rules Reform Proposals — The Dawn of a Lighter Touch Regime in London?

As part of the wider review of the UK’s capital markets regulatory landscape, the FCA published Consultation Paper CP23/10, which sets out reforms for companies with listed shares on the Main Market of the London Stock...more

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SEC Proposes Equity Market Overhaul and Best Execution Rule

On December 14, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a fundamental restructuring of the US equity markets in the form of two rule amendments and one new rule proposal (the Equity Market Proposals)....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Injecting Transparency & Competition into Equity Markets

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The Commission’s rule writing calendar may be about to have a meltdown. The agency is considering a number of significant rule writing-proposals covering important areas. A number of those proposals are controversial,...more

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Latin American IPOs surged on the back of tech listings

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IPOs of Latin America-based companies enjoyed a robust year in 2021, especially when it came to listings in Brazil in sectors like fintech - In line with global trends, Latin American issuers recorded surging IPO volumes...more

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Equity capital markets in Latin America

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Strong pandemic-era performance and a look around the corner "IPO activity in Latin America has hit record levels in 2021, with the region’s largest economy taking the lion’s share of the bounty." During the first eight...more

Opportune LLP

A Focus On Goodwill & Asset Impairment Testing

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Market equity prices and indices continued to decrease for many energy companies during 2020. For instance, between January 13, 2020, and December 31, 2020, the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Select Industry...more

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FCA Announces Additional Primary Market Measures to Support Listed Companies

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The package combines temporary policy interventions and existing options to help companies raise new share capital during the COVID-19 crisis. On 8 April 2020, the FCA published a Statement of Policy and related technical...more

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Refresher on U.S. Market-Wide Circuit Breakers

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The U.S. equity, options and futures markets have adopted market-wide circuit breakers that automatically halt trading across markets in the event of severe market declines, as measured by certain benchmarks against the S&P...more

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European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Public-to-private: Private equity on the hunt for new value

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HEADLINES - In 2019, European take-private deals backed by private equity reached €34.5 billion over 31 deals - This is 14 per cent higher than 2018 and more than five times the total deal value seen just five years...more

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Investor Advocate Report (UPDATED)

Recently, the SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate released its report on its fiscal 2019 activities.  The report cites staffing challenges that have impaired the ability of the SEC’s Ombudsmen to respond to matters brought...more

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Access Fees and Regulatory Structure of Trading Venues

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On October 27, 2015, the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee (EMSAC or Committee) held its second meeting at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission or SEC) in Washington DC. The Committee is considering...more

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The Healthcare & Technology Industries’ Burgeoning Emerging Growth Debt Market

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The emerging growth debt market has grown significantly in recent years, with the majority of deals in the healthcare and technology spaces. Latham & Watkins partners Jim Morrone and Haim Zaltzman, who focus their practices...more

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