The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System ("PISCES") – London's new private company share trading platform. The proposals are a...more
Although European IPO markets still trail pre-pandemic levels, they began an upward trajectory in 2024, with an encouraging pipeline of new IPO candidates lined up for 2025. Regulators, issuers and investors are not resting...more
3/31/2025
/ Capital Markets ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Listing Rules ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities ,
Venture Capital
Sluggish M&A and IPO markets have put the brakes on private equity exit activity across Europe, but as pressure builds to clear the backlog of unsold portfolio companies, firms are taking innovative approaches to selling...more
3/19/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Buyouts ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Liquidity ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity
Along with other stock exchanges across the world, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a challenging 2023, recording only 23 new listings with a total value of less than US$1 billion. This represented a 23 percent...more
4/17/2024
/ Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Listing Rules ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Exchange ,
UK
The consultation sets out further detail on the government's proposals, announced as part of the Edinburgh Reforms in December 2022, to develop a venue for the intermittent trading of private company shares and seeks feedback...more
Resetting expectations -
It was clear in the opening months of 2022 that the winds had changed for the global IPO market as compared to the prior year, a rocky path that continued throughout the year and into the first...more
4/28/2023
/ Asia Pacific ,
Capital Markets ,
Economic Growth ,
EMEA ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Global Market ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Markets ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
FCA publishes discussion paper on replacing current premium and standard listing segments with new single listing segment and sponsor regime reforms-
On 26 May 2022, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP22/2) seeking...more
5/27/2022
/ Capital Markets ,
Eligibility ,
Equity Markets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FTSE ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
UK