EU Listing Act package simplifies listing requirements and post-listing obligations. Targeted amendments to MAR 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
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
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Requests Comment on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Its Carrying Agreements Rule - On March 23, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced it is conducting a retrospective...more
The FCA's latest Business Plan demonstrates a commitment to pushing forward on both existing and new initiatives across sectors, focused on maintaining fair consumer outcomes in the rapidly changing UK financial services...more
An EU Delegated Regulation containing Regulatory Technical Standards on preventing market abuse and reporting suspicious transactions under the Market Abuse Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European...more
There are two substantive issues: the first relates to the rules faced by UK firms in undertaking domestic UK financial services business and whether these will be amended/repealed since the UK will no longer be subject to...more
On June 7, 2016, the European Parliament published a press release announcing that it has voted to postpone the implementation of MiFID II (the MiFID II Directive (2014/65/EU)) and the Markets in Financial Instruments...more