Throughout 2024, Nasdaq has been revising the procedures for companies dealing with low stock prices, with a focus on cutting down on what they deem to be cheap, risky stocks trading on their exchange. Here is what you need...more
Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more
On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (Nasdaq’s) proposed rule change, to Nasdaq Rules 5605, 5615, and 5810. These amendments...more
查看中文 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have announced a temporary relaxation of the minimum market capitalization requirements for Specialist Technology Company...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("HKEx") and the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") have announced temporary changes to the Hong Kong Listing Rules regarding the minimum initial market capitalization of...more
The Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX or the Exchange) jointly announced on 23 August 2024 temporary modifications (the Temporary Modifications) to certain requirements...more
查看中文 This update primarily provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the second quarter of 2024 relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more
Nasdaq is asking for the Securities and Exchange Commission's blessing to codify proposed standards of review governing appeals before the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council (the Listing Council)....more
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) recently published a consultation paper proposing a further expansion to the paperless listing regime first introduced in 2021 to reduce the use of paper in the listing regime. The...more
The market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States has exceeded expectations in the first half of 2024. According to Renaissance Capital, 69 IPOs were priced by June 30, 2024, marking a 32.7% increase...more
From 1 August 2024, the UK changed its rules on how payments are made for investment research. UK firms may now use bundled payments for third-party research and trading commissions, subject to certain requirements being...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more
The updates in May and June include a consultation conclusion and a consultation paper from the Stock Exchange. The key updates in May and June 2024 include the publication of the consultation conclusions on the Severe...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
This briefing is the seventh in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more
The new UK Listing Rules came into force on 29 July 2024. The new rules seek to institute a simpler, more flexible, disclosure-based listing regime and are designed to place London on a competitive footing with other major...more
Nasdaq is proposing to codify the standards of review that govern appeals and reviews before the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council, referred to as the Listing Council. When a listed company receives a Staff Delisting...more
Following on from its Primary Markets Effectiveness Review, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published feedback to Consultation Paper CP23/31 and its final UK Listing Rules (see here for our note on CP23/31)....more
In our previous alert, Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: Will the FCA’s Third Way Ease the US-UK Divide?, we discussed the consultation issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on proposed rules on payment...more
The new reforms to the UK listing regime (Listing Rules) published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) came into force on Monday 29 July 2024, marking the most significant change to the UK’s listing regime in 40 years as...more
On 29 July 2024, the new UK Listing Rules came into force. The new rules institute a simpler, more flexible, disclosure-based listing regime and are designed to place London on a competitive footing with other major...more
On 11 July 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) unveiled its final UK Listing Rules for the Main Market, set to take effect on 29 July 2024. These reforms represent the most significant transformation of the...more
Following the recent publication of the new UK Listing Rules (UKLRs), FTSE Russell published guidance on how the criteria for inclusion in the FTSE indices will change to reflect the new regime. ...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will likely weigh in soon on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rule that will require listed companies to disclose...more