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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced the selection of Ediphy (fairCT), a fintech company, as the first consolidated tape provider for bonds in the EU. The decision marks a significant step...more
FCA finalises rules for PISCES – new secondary private stock market – On 10 June 2025, the FCA issued its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange ("PISCES"). PISCES is a new type of private...more
Regulation (EU) 2025/1215 of the European Parliament and of the Council of EU of 17 June amending the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) in relation to the stable funding factors for securities financing transactions...more
Companies are increasingly viewing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as strategic reserve assets, establishing dedicated corporate entities to hold cryptoassets on their balance sheets and raising capital specifically to...more
A bond is a debt obligation issued by a corporation or government for funding purposes. When investors buy a corporate bond, they are lending money to the corporation in return, in most cases, for the right to receive...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched the first selection procedure for a consolidated tape provider (CTP) for shares and exchange-traded funds. The selection process will be guided by the...more
An Overview of Which Market Disruption Events to Include for the Most Common Asset Classes under a Medium-Term Note Program - A movie scene showing a day in the life of a calculation agent would likely not survive the...more
A letter of intent (LOI) or term sheet tends to be the first substantive document for an M&A transaction. It outlines the key terms and mutual understanding between a buyer and seller while they progress through due diligence...more
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
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) issued a concept release soliciting public comment on the definition of foreign private issuer (“FPI”), particularly on whether the...more
In this edition of UK Equity Capital Markets Insights, we report on the coming into force of regulations to create the PISCES secondary trading market and the launch of a commission to evaluate the ongoing role of the...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, Tom Voekler is joined by colleague Rhys James for the second half of our two-part series, to continue discussing different ways securities can be bought and sold, focusing on using...more
Senior unsecured trust certificates (commonly known as sukuk) are now regularly issued in the capital markets. Most commonly, these are issued by Shari'a compliant companies to raise funds in international capital markets in...more
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has published a draft report (dated 13 May) and motion for a European Parliament resolution on improving access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups....more
The Council of the European Union has approved its position on the European Commission's (EC) proposal regarding a shorter settlement cycle, shortening the settlement period for transactions in transferable securities from...more
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has published a report proposing amendments to the European Commission's proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR) as regards shortening...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on changes made by the Listing Act to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the...more
While market conditions continue to be challenging for IPOs, a growing number of listed resources companies from markets such as the TSX are pursuing ASX cross-listings (also known as dual listings). There are a number of...more
The replacement of the UK’s paper-based stamp duty (SD), and its electronic cousin stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT), with a unified and modernised single tax on securities transactions re-emerged this week as a Government...more
No loss to issuers puts note trustees in the spotlight. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has overturned the Court of Appeal’s order that Peking University Founder Group Company Limited (PUFG), as the keepwell...more
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, Tom Voekler is joined by colleague Rhys James in this two-part series to discuss the different ways securities can be offered and sold, as well as direct to investor programs and crowd...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the registration of the first U.S. “green” stock exchange—Green Impact Exchange (GIX)—with trading to begin in 2026....more
The inaugural Beyond the Balance Sheet: The Future of Private Credit and Fund Finance Summit brought together industry leaders to explore key trends shaping private credit and fund finance. Hosted by DLA Piper and Opal, the...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its opinion of 31 March on the proposal to shorten the securities settlement cycle from two business days (T+2) to one business day after trading takes place (T+1), by amending...more