On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026. The new Code, effective from 1 January 2026, aims to foster long-term sustainable value creation and improve engagement quality...more
6/6/2025
/ Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Fraud ,
Investors ,
Market Participants ,
New Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
Stewardship Code ,
UK
In recent years, we have seen more class action securities claims against UK listed companies — akin to US style “stock-drop” litigation.
These claims are typically brought by groups of investors, backed by financing...more
2/6/2025
/ Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investors ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Litigation ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UK
On 13 August 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), as part of a cross-regulatory group comprising the FCA, Companies House, HMRC and Charity Commission for England and Wales, published a discussion paper on the future...more
On 16 October 2023, Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the FCA, delivered a speech at the City Dinner at Mansion House which describes the FCA’s work in supporting international competitiveness and growth. Amongst other things,...more
11/2/2023
/ Climate Change ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Green Finance ,
Listing Standards ,
Net Zero ,
New Guidance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Takeover Bids ,
Takeovers ,
Target Company ,
UK
New Legislative Measures to Strengthen UK Corporate Reporting -
On 19 July 2023, the draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations were laid in Parliament....more
8/2/2023
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Digital Securities ,
Draft Guidance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Information Reports ,
MiFID II ,
MTFs ,
New Regulations ,
Performance Reviews ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Research Tools ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK
This edition covers new global sustainability reporting standards, proposals to reform corporate criminal liability laws, the enactment of FSMA 2023, FRC guidance on dividend reporting, Investment Association guidance on...more
7/10/2023
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
IFRS ,
Market Abuse ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
Transparency ,
UK
This first edition of 2023 covers recent guidance from the FCA’s Primary Market Bulletin 42 and Market Watch 71, major changes to the Takeover Code’s “acting in concert” presumptions, an FCA penalty for publishing misleading...more