The Upper Tribunal has upheld the FCA’s decision that the CEO and CFO of Metro Bank were knowingly concerned in the Bank’s breach of the Listing Rules....more
6/19/2025
/ Banking Sector ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Penalties ,
Personal Liability ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Tribunals ,
UK
The ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of London’s markets, AIM has been a central feature of UK capital markets for the last 30 years providing growing companies with access to capital and liquidity. ...more
4/8/2025
/ AIM ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
UK
The FCA has published Primary Market Bulletin (PMB) No 54 outlining its concerns around the unlawful disclosure of inside information during the course of M&A transactions....more
Earlier this year, the technology working group of HM Treasury outlined the initial stages of a strategic road map for the development of a fund tokenization industry in the U.K., with a final phase to be confirmed by the end...more
Following on from the consultation at the end of 2023, the FCA has published its changes to the Listing Rules sourcebook, chapter 8 (sponsors), which take effect immediately. The changes focus on how a sponsor or a person...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 came into force on Jan. 8, creating the U.K.'s first digital securities sandbox within which firms would be able to test new...more
2/1/2024
/ Bank of England ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Companies Act ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Ledger Technology ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
FinTech ,
FSMA ,
HM Treasury ,
Sandbox ,
Securities ,
Securities Regulation ,
UK ,
UK Companies Acts
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
In December 2022 the FCA commented on the earlier fine imposed on Sir Christopher Gent for unlawful disclosure of inside information. Since then, the FCA has received various questions from stakeholders in the context of...more
The Chancellor has delivered his first Mansion House speech with a focus on bolstering the UK capital markets. The speech highlighted the:
..highly innovative step and global first of establishing a new ‘intermittent...more
Primary Market Bulletin No. 44 reminds issuers of the:
..use of multimedia content (including audio and video) in regulatory news announcements;
..FCA’s position on the requirement for a prospectus when shares are...more
The FCA has published Primary Market Bulletin No.42 which, amongst other things: (i) discusses themes from the FCA’s enquiries into unlawful disclosure of inside information (ii) highlights the relationship between the...more
12/15/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Internal Controls ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Market Abuse ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UK