Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 2)
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 1)
The LathamTECH Podcast — Can RSUs Unlock Employee Equity?
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Opening the Securities Enforcement Answer Book
PLI's inSecurities Podcast: A View From the Inside
PLI's inSecurities Podcast: Whistling the Same Tune: Building an Effective Whistleblower Program
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga’s Core Values
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Feds Danske to a New Tune
Crypto, Best Ex, Gatekeepers, Enforcement: The Biggest Stories From 2022
CYBER THURSDAY!
Crypto and the SEC - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Coffee & Regs - Digital Assets: Trading & Compliance for Cryptocurrency
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. V — Misappropriation Theory
CorpCast Episode 1: Sections, 204, 205 and In re Numoda
What is Bitcoin 2.0?
Insider Trading News - Ralph Siciliano discusses US v. Newman
Types of Crowdfunding
Keith Ross on HFT, Reg NMS and Dark Pools
Open for Business: SEF Competition Heating Up in the New Market Structure
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Following headwinds and underwhelming performance in 2022 and 2023, the IPO market in 2024 showed signs of stabilization. While the market continued to lag behind on a proceeds basis due to a larger number of smaller IPOs...more
On January 21, 2025, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published version 2.0 of the 2002 Equity Derivatives Definitions (Versionable Edition) (Equity Definitions VE). The updated version...more
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
The Asia-Pacific region had to contend with a slowdown in new listings in mainland China, but another bumper year for India's IPO market, which consolidated its position as the most active IPO hub globally, helped to lift...more
With an estimated 34 people moving to the Charleston area each day and with South Carolina claiming one of the fastest-growing populations in the nation last year , the post-COVID increase in the number of private placement...more
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has announced the launch of a new segment on its Euro MTF market, called EM3S, which stands for Euro MTF Specialist Securities Segment. This new segment may be an interesting option for issuers...more
Licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, a small business investment company (SBIC) represents a privately owned and operated investment fund that makes...more
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
There was a buzz during the joint association conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 19 February. A collaboration by ISDA, ISLA and ICMA, the industry associations representing parties that enter into transactions such as...more
Wilson Sonsini's 2024 Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report provides in-depth analysis on 33 initial public offerings (IPOs) completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies in 2024 with deal values exceeding...more
After a period of volatility, Europe’s leveraged finance market is primed for resurgence, with new and exciting opportunities available to lenders and borrowers alike - Leveraged finance markets in Europe have entered 2025...more
When negotiating convertible notes, parties typically focus on the terms of conversion upon an equity financing, most notably the discount and valuation cap. This is understandable inasmuch as the not-so-hidden secret of...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2024. Global Market Update - In...more
As we launch into the next quarter century, there is much speculation about what the future holds for private equity (PE) as an asset class and driver in dealmaking. Momentum started to pick up in 2024 with the Fed announcing...more