A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. ...more
7/12/2018
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Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Human Rights ,
London Stock Exchange ,
MiFID II ,
MLD5 ,
Natural Resources ,
Premium Listed Issuers ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
From 1 July 2018, sovereign controlled companies will be able to admit their securities to listing on a new dedicated category of the FCA's premium listing regime....more
A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law.
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5/4/2018
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Corporate Governance ,
Doing Business ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
International Relations ,
Investment ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Money Laundering ,
Prospectus Regulation (PR3) ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Shareholder Rights ,
UK
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced that its new AIM Rules for Companies (AIM Rules) and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers (Nomad Rules) will come into force on 30 March 2018. ...more
Hogan Lovells Guide to the eligibility requirements and continuing obligations of admitting securities to the Premium, Standard and High Growth segments of the Main Market and AIM – (updated as at 1 March 2018).
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Hogan Lovells Guide to the eligibility requirements and continuing obligations of admitting securities to the Premium, Standard and High Growth segments of the Main Market and AIM – (updated as at 1 January 2018).
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A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. ...more
12/19/2017
/ AIM ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Listing Rules ,
MiFID II ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Takeovers ,
UK
A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law.
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11/7/2017
/ AIM ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Transactions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
Listing Standards ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Market Abuse ,
MiFID II ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Takeovers ,
UK
A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. This month's...more
FCA proposes a new premium listing category for sovereign controlled companies -
On 13 July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority published consultation paper CP 17/21 which proposes to create a new premium listing...more
The Pre-Emption Group reports on the use of its Statement of Principles -
The Pre-Emption Group, which represents listed companies, investors and intermediaries, has published a monitoring report looking at the use of its...more
6/6/2017
/ Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Preemption ,
Prospectus Regulation (PR3) ,
Shareholder Rights ,
UK
Beneficial ownership - BEIS call for evidence on register of beneficial owners of overseas entities -
In March 2016, BEIS published a discussion paper which outlined a range of proposals to enhance the transparency of...more
A new era for the UK's capital markets? FCA publishes proposals to reform the UK's capital markets and IPO process -
The FCA has published a package of measures to reshape and enhance the UK's primary markets. These are...more
3/14/2017
/ Capital Markets ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Prospectus ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Takeovers ,
UK
On 1 March 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper: 'Reforming the availability of information in the UK equity IPO process' (CP 17/5) which sets out various proposals to improve the timing,...more
Reviewing the structure of the UK's primary markets -
The FCA is reviewing the structure of the UK's primary markets to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of investors and issuers. As part of its review, the...more
3/8/2017
/ Capital Markets ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Eligibility ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Premium Listed Issuers ,
Reverse Takeovers ,
Shell Corporations ,
UK
On 14 February 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published:
a discussion paper: 'Review of the Effectiveness of Primary Markets: The UK Primary Markets Landscape' (DP 17/2) which prompts a discussion on the...more
First director disqualification: UK focus on pursuing individuals as well as companies for breach of competition law -
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has secured its first disqualification of a director of a...more
1/18/2017
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Adviser ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Market Abuse ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)