The Equities Market Review Group has issued its first set of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of Singapore’s equities markets. The measures seek to (1) increase investor demand and the supply of quality listings on...more
On 6 September 2024, the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce (CMIT) published the Capital Markets Of Tomorrow report (CMOT). CMOT sets out the “UK elevator pitch” for the reformed UK capital markets, engages in some judicious...more
Nasdaq has proposed amendments to its listing standards that would accelerate the delisting process for certain companies that fail to satisfy its minimum bid price requirement. These proposals are ostensibly in response to...more
On 3 May 2023, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published significant further proposals in a consultation paper (CP23/10) for reforming the UK listing regime....more
On December 2, 2022, Nasdaq received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to modify certain pricing limitations for companies undertaking a direct listing involving sales of the company shares in the...more
On June 8 and 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission had published in the Federal Register for comment several rule proposals from Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that would apply to companies whose principal...more
The Trump administration, Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Nasdaq have all recently announced initiatives focusing on regulatory reform for non-U.S. companies (also known as foreign private issuers)...more
On December 6, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rejected the proposal submitted by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) to allow companies to simultaneously go public through a direct listing and raise...more
With their access to local and global investors and finance opportunities for companies at all stages, Canada’s world leading cannabis capital markets offer a wealth of opportunity. While Canada has several public listing...more