ESMA warns against investor protection risks and provides guidance on expected disclosures. On 15 July 2021, ESMA published a statement on the prospectus disclosure and investor protection issues raised by special...more
ESMA has updated its CESR recommendations in line with the Prospectus Regulation and has taken this opportunity to clarify its expectations on key areas such as working capital statements and pro forma information. The...more
Le 21 juillet 2019 sont entrées en vigueur les dernières dispositions du règlement (UE) n°2017/1129 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 14 juin 2017 concernant le prospectus à publier en cas d'offre au public de valeurs...more
New provisions of the German Capital Investment Act (Vermögensanlagengesetz – VermAnlG) (the “Act”) relating to crowdfunding will become effective on 21 July 2019. The amendments will have a significant impact on the...more
On 20 July 2017, the EU Prospectus Regulation (the “Prospectus Regulation”) entered into force. The Prospectus Regulation was created as part of a group of proposals identified in the European Commission’s Capital Markets...more
The full regulation will come into force in July, imposing new requirements for prospectuses - The new EU Prospectus Regulation will take full effect on 21 July 2019. Issuers and other parties to capital markets...more
After its entry into force on 20 July 2017, the new Prospectus Regulation ("PR3") will become fully applicable from 21 July 2019. It will replace the previous EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"). The change...more
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
Publication by the FSMA of its annual report - The Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) published its 2017 annual report on 8 June 2018. At the occasion of its presentation, the FSMA described the preventive...more
On 20 July 2018, the new Belgian prospectus law was published in the Belgian State Gazette. This new law abolishes the Belgian prospectus law of 16 June 2016 (as of the date that the new Prospectus Regulation will fully...more
Am 30. Juni 2017 wurde die neue EU-Prospektverordnung (EU) 2017/1129 (ProspektVO) im Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union veröffentlicht. Die ProspektVO ersetzt die sog. Prospektrichtlinie (Richtlinie 2003/71/EG) und gilt...more