On 14 March 2025, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 54, which raised concerns around the leaking of inside information by individuals at a company or by its advisers on live M&A transactions. The FCA specifically...more
4/2/2025
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Board of Directors ,
Confidential Information ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FTSE ,
Insider Trading ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Target Company ,
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On 8 October 2024, the Investment Association (IA) updated its Principles of Remuneration (and supporting guidance) (the IA Principles). These principles, and the accompanying guidance, are significantly more flexible and...more
On 5 March 2024, the Pre-Emption Group (PEG) published its first report monitoring the use of its updated Statement of Principles on the disapplication of pre-emption rights for UK listed companies. The Principles were...more
4/5/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Ethnicity ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FTSE ,
Information Reports ,
Listing Standards ,
Minorities ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
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On 23 February 2024, the Investment Association (IA) issued its annual letter to FTSE 350 remuneration committee chairs providing an update on the IA’s Principles of Remuneration and emerging views on remuneration matters....more
3/6/2024
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Board of Directors ,
Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Competition ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Investors ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Pensions ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Remuneration ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
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New Legislative Measures to Strengthen UK Corporate Reporting -
On 19 July 2023, the draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations were laid in Parliament....more
8/2/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Digital Securities ,
Draft Guidance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Information Reports ,
MiFID II ,
MTFs ,
New Regulations ,
Performance Reviews ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Research Tools ,
Trading Platforms ,
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This edition covers the new Investment Association Share Capital Management Guidelines and Shareholder Priorities for 2023, FRC publications on ESG and corporate governance, and the FCA’s Primary Market Bulletin 43....more