On 9 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued policy statement PS 25/4, setting out, and bringing into force, final rules on investment research payment options for fund managers.
The new rules follow the...more
In July 2023, the UK government published its findings from the Investment Research Review (Review) as part of the UK government’s Edinburgh Reforms. The Review made a number of recommendations to encourage research...more
Activist shareholders had a busy 2023: The incidence of activist campaigns in Europe soared by almost 70% compared to 2022, according to data compiled by Skadden and Activistmonitor. As we described in a previous issue of The...more
2/16/2024
/ Board of Directors ,
Capital Markets ,
Disclosure ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Listing Rules ,
New Rules ,
Open-Ended Fund Companies (OFCs) ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Exchange ,
UK
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to be a very significant topic for the private capital industry, whether through increasing demands from investors and other stakeholders or the continued stream of...more