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In the latest issue of Dechert’s international capital markets team’s “In Conversation With…” series, partner Jennifer Rees and associate Kerenza Kerslake sit down with Matthias Szabo and Dimitrios...more
12/13/2023
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Eurobonds ,
Green Bonds ,
HMRC ,
International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) ,
Price Inflation ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Securities ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK
In December 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) carried out a consultation on the introduction of a new regulatory gateway for firms who approve financial promotions. On 12 September 2023, the FCA published Policy...more
On 15 June 2023, The Insider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) Order 2023 (the “2023 Order”) came into force. The 2023 Order seeks to align certain outdated aspects of the UK’s criminal insider dealing regime under...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) on May 3, 2023, published consultation paper CP23/10 (the “Consultation Paper”), which sets out the FCA’s proposals to significantly reform the UK’s equity listing regime. The...more
On 19 July 2022, HM Treasury published a report containing recommendations from its UK Secondary Capital Raising Review (the “SCRR Review”) (the “SCRR Report”). The SCRR Review examined how post-IPO capital raisings by...more
On 22 February 2022, the UK Government-backed, independent, voluntary and business-led FTSE Women Leaders Review (the “FTSE Women Leaders Review”) published its first report aimed at achieving gender balance across FTSE 350...more
On 20 April 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published its final policy statement PS22/3 ‘Diversity and inclusion on company boards and executive committees’. The policy statement outlines the feedback the...more
On 26 May 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published a discussion paper (DP22/2), setting out its response to feedback received to consultation paper 21/21: Primary Markets Effectiveness Review and seeking...more
Issuers of certain transferable securities listed in the UK should be aware of certain new regulatory requirements relating to the preparation and content of their financial statements....more
2/17/2022
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Corporate Issuers ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Listing Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UK
In the first issue of Dechert’s International Capital Markets Team’s “In Conversation With...” series, associates Amy Rees and Nick Quarrie sit down with Shrey Kohli, Director of Fixed Income and Funds at the London Stock...more
2/2/2022
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Capital Markets ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Debt Securities ,
Foreign Sovereigns ,
Listing Standards ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Popular ,
Prospectus ,
Sukuk ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 21 July 2019, the remaining provisions of the EU Prospectus Regulation came into force. Since this date, prospectuses for offers of securities to the public or admission to a regulated market in the EU have been required...more
2/10/2020
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Capital Markets ,
EBITDA ,
EU ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Final Report ,
International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) ,
Public Offerings ,
Risk Factors ,
Technical Standards ,
UK
On 28 January 2019, the United Kingdom’s (the “UK”) Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published its “Changes to align the FCA Handbook with the EU Prospectus Regulation” consultation paper1 (the “Consultation Paper”)....more
2/6/2019
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EU ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Offering Documents ,
Prospectus ,
Public Comment ,
Securities ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
In a series of votes on 29 January 2019, the parliament of the United Kingdom (the “UK”) rejected proposals aimed at preventing the UK from leaving the European Union (the “EU”) on 29 March 2019 without a Withdrawal Agreement...more
2/4/2019
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Equity Securities ,
EU ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
EU Transparency Directive ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Equity Securities ,
HM Treasury ,
Home Member State ,
Host Member State ,
Member State ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Securities ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
Lord Davies of Abersoch published on 29 October 2015, a five year review of his 2011 report aimed at improving the gender balance at the top of British business.
There has been a significant improvement in the...more