Following on from the consultation earlier this year, the FCA has published feedback and detailed proposals which will transform the current listing regime. The FCA is proposing to create a single listing category for UK...more
The Chancellor has delivered his first Mansion House speech with a focus on bolstering the UK capital markets. The speech highlighted the:
..highly innovative step and global first of establishing a new ‘intermittent...more
The UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, led by Mark Austin, has published its proposals on how to how to improve capital raising processes in the UK after IPO. Initial findings include increasing the pre-emption thresholds...more
The FCA have published the next stage of the Primary Markets Effectiveness Review. They propose that companies who wish to list in the UK would no longer have to choose between two different segments (premium and standard)...more
As recommended by Lord Hill, the Government has set out its policy approach to reform the UK prospectus regime. This includes separating the regulation of public offers of securities from the admission of securities to...more
As part of the UK government’s roadmap towards mandatory climate-related disclosures across the entire UK economy by 2025, the FCA is proposing to extend the application of its new climate-related disclosure requirements to...more
6/23/2021
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Listing Rules ,
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin No.32 (PMB No.32) to remind issuers of the changes to market rules as a result of Brexit. Separately the QCA and UHY Hacker Young have published...more
On 11 December 2019, a Regulation amending the Market Abuse Regulation and the Prospectus Regulation was published. The aim of these amendments is to increase the attractiveness of SME Growth Markets by reducing some of the...more
12/16/2019
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Capital Formation ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Insider Information ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Market Abuse ,
Prospectus ,
Prospectus Regulation (PR3) ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
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