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PISCES 101 - The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System: What you need to know about the world’s first...

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What is PISCES?  The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) is a UK government–backed initiative designed to enable private companies to offer and trade their existing shares in a controlled,...more

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Defence – A Sustainable Investment?  A View From The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority

On 11 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published a statement clarifying that their rules, including with regards to sustainability, do not prevent investment in or financing of defence companies.  The...more

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FCA’s Private Market Valuations Review – Good Practice but Room for Improvement

On 5 March 2025, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets (the “Review”).  The Review covered a firms operating...more

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Increased UK regulatory scrutiny: FCA taking a closer look at conflicts and valuations, including on GP leds

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The FCA has published a report on private market valuation practices, after recently indicating that this area will be one of its supervisory priorities this year. Managers and advisers involved with private assets (in...more

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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - February 2025

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In recent years, we have seen more class action securities claims against UK listed companies — akin to US style “stock-drop” litigation. These claims are typically brought by groups of investors, backed by financing...more

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Corporate Governance Key developments

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Updated Principles of Remuneration - On the 9 October 2024, the Investment Association (‘IA’), a trade body for UK investment managers, published the Principles of Remuneration (the Principles). IA members are...more

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2024 Summer review – M&A legal and market developments

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We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. Our Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more

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UK Announces Sustainability Disclosure Standards Based on the ISSB

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The UK standards will aim to increase the comparability and value of reported information for investors. The UK government announced on 2 August 2023 that it will develop standards for company sustainability disclosures...more

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FCA Launches Discussion on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Product Labels

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The regulator is inviting views on potential criteria for classifying and labelling investment products, and on further entity- and product-level sustainability-related disclosures. On 3 November 2021, the FCA published...more

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