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The Surge in Secondary Listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is back challenging for the top of the global listing league tables with secondary listings helping drive the recent surge of activity. In the past, secondary listings on the HKEX have...more

A&O Shearman

FCA publishes final rules for firms operating public offer platforms

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement PS25/10, setting out the final rules for the new public offer platforms (POP) regime. This follows consultations in July 2024 and January of this...more

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FCA plans to modernise client categorisation rules

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to review its client categorisation rules to unlock more investment opportunities for wealthy investors and support capital markets...more

Mayer Brown

FAQs – What US Clients Need to Know About PISCES – A New Secondary Private Stock Market in the UK

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WHAT ARE THE KEY DRIVERS FOR REFORM? The UK Treasury ("HMT") noted the following as drivers for reform: A key challenge for private companies is that, at early stages in their growth, there are no standardised ways...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Signals Potential Shift in Disclosure Requirements

Recent developments at the SEC highlight the Commission’s focus on reducing disclosure burdens for companies and encouraging public capital formation. SEC Executive Compensation Roundtable - Executive compensation...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

OSC Finalizes Rules for Distribution of Disgorged Funds to Harmed Investors

On June 12, 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its final rules to implement a new statutory framework that will facilitate distributing amounts collected by the OSC under disgorgement orders to harmed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Revisits ‘Finder’ Exemption: Potential Impacts for Small Businesses and the Capital Markets

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again considering a proposal that could exempt certain individuals—known as “finders”—from broker registration requirements when helping small businesses raise...more

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SEC Reassesses Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility

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Earlier this month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release to solicit public comment on potential changes to the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI), marking the SEC’s first review...more

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ASIC Trialling Fast-Tracked Initial Public Offerings

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On 10 June 2025, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) announced that it was commencing a two-year trial of a fast-tracked initial public offering (IPO) process (Fast-Track Process)....more

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The Commission’s Analysis of Recent Developments in the FPI Population

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As discussed in our prior blog posts, on June 4, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) published a concept release (Release) soliciting comments on whether to revise the definition of “foreign private...more

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SEC Considers Changes to Foreign Private Issuer Definition

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is mulling over modifications to the definition of foreign private issuer (FPI). Our Securities Group examines how these potential changes could impact companies currently...more

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The FASTER Directive—where are we now?

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After years of negotiation and technical debate, the European Union’s Faster and Safer Tax Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes Directive (“FASTER Directive”)—aimed at streamlining and harmonizing withholding tax (WHT) relief...more

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EC call for evidence on savings and investment accounts recommendation

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The European Commission (EC) has issued a call for evidence to gather input on its initiative to develop a European blueprint for savings and investment accounts as part of its recommendation for the savings and investments...more

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SEC Considers Changes to Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

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On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release soliciting public comment on the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI) and whether changes are needed to reflect the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

PISCES: Sandbox

RECAP Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) Regulations (SI 2025/583) are now in force. PISCES is not a stock market; it is a regulatory sandbox for those market participants who want to set up...more

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The FPI Concept Release: The SEC’s Concerns

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A few days ago, I blogged about the SEC issuing this 71-page concept release to rethink the definition of “foreign private issuer.” This Cooley Alert penned by Brad Goldberg, Beth Sasfai, Reid Hooper and Shari Ness delves...more

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Foreign Private Issuers: Time to End the Free Lunch?

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Foreign private issuers (FPIs) are non-US companies that are traded on US exchanges. They have access to US capital markets even though FPIs are subject to less-stringent disclosure requirements. A good question to ask is...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Invites Feedback to Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility Rules

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On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release, seeking public feedback on whether the nearly half-a-century-old definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) and the reporting...more

DLA Piper

Time to Reassess The Definition of a Foreign Private Issuer?

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As discussed at an open meeting held on June 4, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) published a concept release (Release) soliciting comments on whether to revise the definition of “foreign private...more

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Turbo-Zertifikate im Visier – BaFin plant neue Produktintervention

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority has announced that it intends to restrict trading in so-called "turbo certificates", i.e. MiFID bonds that leverage the performance of an underlying asset and expire immediately...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Under New Rule, NYSE-only Listed Companies from Outside North America Can Comply with Holder Distribution Standards on a Global...

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On May 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an amendment to Section 102.01 of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Listed Company Manual allowing companies organized outside North America (i.e., outside the U.S.,...more

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SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Consider the Market Impact and Challenges of Regulation A

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) will meet on May 6, 2025 to consider the market impact and challenges associated with Regulation A....more

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Revitalising the EU Securitisation Market: Recommendations for a Revised Regulatory Framework

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The European Union's securitisation market has struggled to reach its full potential despite the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation (SECR) in 2019. While the market has shown modest growth in recent years,...more

Cooley LLP

Is the SEC facing a death by 1,000 cuts?

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Bloomberg reports that staff from the Department of Government Efficiency is currently at the SEC, according to communications to SEC staff, who were “instructed to treat them as internal employees.” Bloomberg also reports...more

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European IPO markets rally with a focus on sustaining long-term growth

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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

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