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New UK Prospectus and Securities Offering Regimes to Enter Into Force in January 2026

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority published PS25/9 and PS25/10 in July 2025, setting out the final rules that will govern the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime, which will replace the existing UK...more

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UK Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime

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The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK...more

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Executive directors “knowingly concerned” in bank’s breach of the UK listing rules

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The UK Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) has upheld the Financial Conduct’s Authority’s (FCA) decision to take action against two former executives of a bank for being “knowingly concerned” in the bank’s breach of the listing...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - June 2025

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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

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Regulations establishing PISCES sandbox published

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The UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 were published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations largely reflect the...more

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FCA webpage for international wholesale firms looking to undertake business in UK

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage for international wholesale firms seeking authorisation to operate in the UK under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)....more

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UK FCA concludes consumer investment policy sprint

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the conclusion of its six-week policy sprint aimed at improving consumer investment decisions to support its key objective of supporting growth. With only 9% of UK...more

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Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - The UK’s FCA Publishes Bulletin on Leaks of Market Sensitive Information

In Primary Market Bulletin 54, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") addresses concerns about deliberate, unintentional and unlawful disclosure of market sensitive information during ongoing M&A transactions. Leaks to the...more

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FCA proposals to align retail and wholesale disclosure regimes for debt prospectuses

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The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) has published a consultation on debt offerings to retail investors which proposes to introduce a single disclosure standard for debt prospectuses, removing the current distinction...more

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UK FCA webpage on transparency waivers and deferrals updated

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on transparency waivers and deferrals in light of the upcoming changes to the UK MiFIR transparency regime for bond and derivatives markets. The FCA added a...more

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HMT to legislate for the UK's move to T+1

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a response to UK's Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) report recommending a plan for the UK to move to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities trades. HMT accepts the recommendation of 12...more

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White & Case supports UK Finance and AFME on response to FCA’s PICSES consultation

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White & Case has supported UK Finance and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe ("AFME") on their joint response to the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") consultation on the private intermittent securities and...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority consults on further proposals for firms operating public offer platforms

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/3) on further proposals to support the implementation and operation of the new public offer platforms (POP) regime. This regime is designed to...more

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UK Short Selling Regulations 2025 published

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The Short Selling Regulations 2025 were made and published on legislation.gov.uk, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The regulations replace assimilated law (including the U.K. Short Selling Regulation) and establish a new...more

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The U.K.’s New Cryptoasset Regime—the FCA Releases Its First Consultation Paper on Market Abuse and the Admissions and Disclosure...

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its first publication (DP24/4) on its future rules for U.K. cryptoasset market participants. This discussion paper seeks input on the FCA’s proposed rules for admissions and...more

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European Regulatory Timeline 2025

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Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2025 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more

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FCA consults on arrangements for PISCES sandbox

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On 17 December 2024, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published its latest consultation paper on the ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System’ (“PISCES”) (the “Paper”) (which is available...more

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During his remarks at a meeting of the International Bar Association’s Asset Management Industry Conference on Global Challenges and Opportunities in Boston, Commissioner Uyeda commented on investment research and the...more

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UK Securitisation Regulations Published

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The Securitisation Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/102) were made on January 29, 2024, and will come into force for the most part when the Securitisation Regulation 2017 is revoked. This is part of HM Treasury's Smarter Regulatory...more

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The End of the Temporary Transitional Power: Securitisation Reporting

Brexit and the Temporary Transitional Power - On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU. Following a transition period, EU law ceased to be applicable in the UK with effect from 11 p.m. on 31 December...more

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The wait is over as reporting to a UK securitisation repository commences and UK templates are published

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On 17 January 2022, European DataWarehouse Ltd and SecRep Limited were approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the first securitisation repositories (UK SRs) in the United Kingdom. Originators, sponsors and...more

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[Podcast] The SEC and FCA Annual Reports: Facts, Figures, Trends

In this episode, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Helen Marshall and white collar defense and government investigations practice co-head Michael Asaro look at SEC and FCA’s annual reports to discuss similarities,...more

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