Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Wholesale Markets
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation on technical advice required following changes to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation as...more
EU Listing Act package simplifies listing requirements and post-listing obligations. Targeted amendments to MAR remove disproportionate complexity but preserve investor protection....more
EU Listing Act package simplifies listing requirements and post-listing obligations. Targeted amendments to the Prospectus Regulation remove disproportionate complexity but preserve investor protection....more
On 8 October, 2024, the Council of the EU adopted the EU Listing Act, aimed at making EU public capital markets more attractive and facilitate listings on European stock exchanges. Key amendments affect the EU Prospectus...more
Special purpose acquisition companies (or SPACs) saw a significant increase in popularity in 2020, which has continued into 2021. This trend, which largely started in the United States, has spread to global capital markets...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
In this period we bid farewell to 2021 and 24 LIBOR settings and welcomed 2022 and the application of a range of new prudential measures in the UK. It was, however, a relatively quiet period for the regulators. The FCA...more
As a result of Brexit, UK-regulated firms will already have grappled with loss of passporting and equivalence measures, and the need to navigate national regimes and relocate staff. As of today, EU firms operating in the UK...more
In last year’s publication we highlighted the top regulatory focus areas for our clients during 2020, concentrating on wholesale market structures and conduct risk. This publication outlines the primary focus areas in...more
On 6 February 2020, Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), spoke at the 19th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe. His speech,...more
A new Regulation amending the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Market Abuse Regulation and Prospectus Regulation has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, introducing changes to...more
Since it entered into force in 2018, the PRIIPs Regulation has raised a number of issues. These range from issues concerning the scope of the Regulation, in particular its application to corporate bonds and the impact this...more
These topics are attracting particular attention because they are either at a key stage in the regulatory change or implementation cycle, or because uncertainty and inconsistency in their recent implementation means that they...more
After considerable feedback, the FCA has published Primary Market Bulletin No.23 with finalised guidance on periodic financial information and inside information and commentary on MiFID II compliance and the UK IPO reforms. ...more
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
On 9 January 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA)1 and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)2 published two reports with their advice on cryptoassets for the European Commission (EC) (and in ESMA's case,...more
As we approach the end of the post-crisis regulatory reform agenda, we are still witnessing fast-paced regulatory developments that are undeniably and significantly driven by Brexit — with no signs of things slowing down in...more
HM Treasury has published explanatory information on a draft statutory instrument, the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. The statutory instrument is still under development and a draft will be published in...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an own-initiative report prepared by its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group. The purpose of the report is to provide advice to ESMA on steps it might take to...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, US and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more
SEC/CORPORATE - California Adopts Law Regarding Female Representation on Boards of Directors of Publicly Held Companies - On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California Senate Bill 826 (SB...more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act - The "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act," signed by the President on May 24, amends...more
Proposed reforms for SME Growth Markets - On 24 May 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a regulation which seeks to make technical amendments to certain provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation and the...more
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Regulation to amend the Market Abuse Regulation and the new Prospectus Regulation. The aim of the proposed Regulation is to promote the use of SME Growth Markets by...more
On May 24, 2018, the European Commission (“EC“) published: A draft Regulation to amend the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation 596/2014) (“MAR“) and the Prospectus Regulation ((EU) 2017/1129) in respect of promotion of the...more