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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published two final reports providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC). The final report on prospectus regulation forms part of ESMA's technical advice...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 European Union ("EU") Listing Act, approved by the EU Council on October 8, 2024, introduces key changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation, offering greater flexibility to access and issue securities on EU markets for small...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation on technical advice required following changes to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation as...more
On 14 November 2024, a number of amendments to: the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) ("PR"); the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 596/2014) ("MAR"); and the Markets in Financial...more
On November 14, 2024, the EU Listing Act (the “Act”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Act entails a legislative package designed to improve capital markets access and reduce disclosure...more
As legislators in Rome finalize sweeping reforms of Italy’s financial laws and regulations and the EU Council just adopted the so-called “listing package” to increase attractiveness of EU financial markets, the national...more
In line with broader efforts to remove procedural deterrents from issuers engaging in securities offerings, for about the past year, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending - Consolidation fever grips non-bank lenders and banks alike—SME lending, revenue-based finance and...more
Mit dem Gesetz zur Finanzierung von zukunftssichernden Investitionen (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz – ZuFinG) will die Bundesregierung den Finanzstandort Deutschland stärken und Start-ups, Wachstumsunternehmen sowie kleinen und...more
The Financing for the Future Act came into force on 15 December 2023. The significant reforms to stock corporation and capital market law increase flexibility in German ECM transactions. Overview of the key changes - ...more
On 2 May 2023, the parliamentary debate to enact a long-awaited bill, commonly known as the Capital Markets Bill, commenced. The Capital Markets Bill is aimed primarily at introducing a number of significant changes in the...more
The German capital market needs to be modernized to remain efficient and competitive. Therefore, the German Government published a paper outlining a German Future Financing Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz)1 on 29 June 2022,...more
CMRP has introduced new EU rules for NPL securitisations and a framework for “STS” synthetic securitisations - On 1 January 2019 EU Regulation 2402/2017 (Securitisation Regulation) started to apply, giving rise to one of...more
Valdis Dombrovskis has a full in-tray that includes securing the EU banking and capital markets union as he begins his term at the European Commission. The new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,...more
On 11 December 2019, a Regulation amending the Market Abuse Regulation and the Prospectus Regulation was published. The aim of these amendments is to increase the attractiveness of SME Growth Markets by reducing some of the...more
In recent years, in Italy a constant growth in investments to emerging Italian companies (i.e. the "start-ups") has taken place. ...more
With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more
Proposed reforms for SME Growth Markets - On 24 May 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a regulation which seeks to make technical amendments to certain provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation and the...more
Danny Tricot (London, capital markets): Capital markets in Europe were generally positive in 2017, recovering from a mixed year in 2016. The first half of the year was particularly strong for high-yield issuances in Europe,...more
A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law....more
BREXIT - CBI Brexit guide to EU bodies and regulators: financial services aspects - On 21 December, the CBI published a guide to the EU bodies and regulators that matter to business in the Brexit negotiations, including...more
The EU’s new Prospectus Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 30 June 2017 and enters into force 20 days after such date, so 20 July 2017. The vast majority of its provisions will have effect from 21...more
The New Prospectus Regulation ((EU) 2017/1129) (PR) will come into force on 20 July 2017. The final text was published in the Official Journal on 30 June 2017 and will enter into force twenty days after its publication. ...more
The European Commission has published a staff working document on “Crowdfunding in the EU Capital Markets Union“. The Commission believes that crowdfunding is still relatively small (€4.2bn was raised by crowdfund in the...more