Along with other stock exchanges across the world, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a challenging 2023, recording only 23 new listings with a total value of less than US$1 billion. This represented a 23 percent...more
4/17/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
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Investment ,
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Listing Rules ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Shareholders ,
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The consultation sets out further detail on the government's proposals, announced as part of the Edinburgh Reforms in December 2022, to develop a venue for the intermittent trading of private company shares and seeks feedback...more
The FCA has published further detailed proposals for a significantly reformed UK listing regime, including the first tranche of its proposed new Listing Rules.
The proposals mark another important milestone in the...more
Resetting expectations -
It was clear in the opening months of 2022 that the winds had changed for the global IPO market as compared to the prior year, a rocky path that continued throughout the year and into the first...more
4/28/2023
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Capital Markets ,
Economic Growth ,
EMEA ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Global Market ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Markets ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
The FCA has provided updates on its expected approach to proposed reforms to the UK listing regime, including a new single listing segment.
On 29 March 2023, the FCA's Chief Executive, Nikhil Rathi, delivered a speech at...more
FCA publishes discussion paper on replacing current premium and standard listing segments with new single listing segment and sponsor regime reforms-
On 26 May 2022, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP22/2) seeking...more
5/27/2022
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Eligibility ,
Equity Markets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FTSE ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
UK
The FCA has today published a consultation paper proposing changes to the Listing Rules applicable to Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (SPACs).
The FCA's main proposal is to remove the existing presumption in the...more
One -
SPACs (special purpose acquisition or "blank cheque" companies) have recently regained prominence in the US, with H1 2020 seeing record-breaking levels of activity, both in terms of value (Bill Ackman's $4bn...more