Following on from the consultation earlier this year, the FCA has published feedback and detailed proposals which will transform the current listing regime. The FCA is proposing to create a single listing category for UK...more
As part of the UK government’s roadmap towards mandatory climate-related disclosures across the entire UK economy by 2025, the FCA is proposing to extend the application of its new climate-related disclosure requirements to...more
6/23/2021
/ Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Listing Rules ,
Policy Statement ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
UK
The Financial Services Act 2021 (the “Act”) has received Royal Assent and is now law.
What does this mean for issuers?...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin No.33 (PMB No.33) featuring Brexit-related changes for EEA audit firms, details of their new online portal for submitting major shareholdings...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin No.32 (PMB No.32) to remind issuers of the changes to market rules as a result of Brexit. Separately the QCA and UHY Hacker Young have published...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) conducted a review of Delayed Disclosure of Inside Information (DDII) notifications which identified a number of areas where it will be increasing its oversight in the future. This note...more
This edition of the Primary Market Bulletin includes an update on the implementation of the European Single Electronic Format, COVID temporary policy measures on corporate reporting and a reminder for issuers and their...more
11/12/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Filing ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Insider Information ,
Relief Measures ,
UK
In this draft note the FCA confirms the well-established position that the issue of new securities pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (scheme) under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 does not constitute an offer of...more
With effect from 27 April 2020, the Listing Rules were amended to require issuers with equity and debt securities admitted to the Official List to ensure that a document is publicly available in the National Storage Mechanism...more
Despite the cash box being a structure which has seldom been used since March 2015 due to concerns raised by investor bodies, the urgent need for cash in uncertain times may lead to a revival of this once popular...more
The FCA has published a special edition of its Primary Market Bulletin which provides key commentary for issuers and market participants in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ongoing disclosure under the Market Abuse...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...more