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 (ESMA) has published a consultation paper containing draft guidelines on supplements which introduce new securities to a base prospectus. This is further to the new EU Listing Act...more
Das ursprünglich am 7. Dezember 2022 durch die EU-Kommission vorgelegte Maßnahmenpaket, das unter dem Titel „EU Listing Act“ bekannt ist, wurde nun endlich im November 2024 im Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union veröffentlicht....more
The EU Listing Act, approved by the EU Council on October 8, 2024, and entering into force on December 4, 2024, introduces key changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation, offering greater flexibility for issuers of debt...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
On 8 October, 2024, the Council of the EU adopted the EU Listing Act, aimed at making EU public capital markets more attractive and facilitate listings on European stock exchanges. Key amendments affect the EU Prospectus...more
The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament announced, on 28 February 2023, that provisional agreement on the European Green Bond Standard (the EU GBS and the Regulation) had been reached. More recently the...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
On 20 July 2020, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a capital markets recovery package as part of its overall COVID-19 recovery strategy. As part of the package, the Commission released a proposal to amend the...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
Le 21 juillet 2019 sont entrées en vigueur les dernières dispositions du règlement (UE) n°2017/1129 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 14 juin 2017 concernant le prospectus à publier en cas d'offre au public de valeurs...more
On 20 July 2017, the EU Prospectus Regulation (the “Prospectus Regulation”) entered into force. The Prospectus Regulation was created as part of a group of proposals identified in the European Commission’s Capital Markets...more
Am 30. Juni 2017 wurde die neue EU-Prospektverordnung (EU) 2017/1129 (ProspektVO) im Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union veröffentlicht. Die ProspektVO ersetzt die sog. Prospektrichtlinie (Richtlinie 2003/71/EG) und gilt...more
FCA bans firms' use of restrictive contractual clauses for future primary market services - On 27 June 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Policy Statement PS17/13 'Investment and corporate banking:...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
A new era for the UK's capital markets? FCA publishes proposals to reform the UK's capital markets and IPO process - The FCA has published a package of measures to reshape and enhance the UK's primary markets. These are...more
The Council of the European Union announced that it had reached an agreement with the European Parliament on prospectuses for the issuing and offering of securities. Finalization of the agreement comes after the provisional...more
Many companies and other entities in the Middle East tap the UK and/or European debt and equity capital markets as part of achieving their corporate funding and broader strategic objectives. Whilst the precise legal and...more
In early 2015, the European Commission (Commission) launched the Capital Markets Union (CMU), one of its flagship initiatives, to address its perception that capital markets-based financing in the European Union could be...more
Other EU Developments – Deal Reached on Benchmark Regulation and Revisions to Prospectus Directive - Benchmark Regulation - The European Commission and the Luxembourg Presidency reached agreement with the...more
The European Commission on 30 November 2015 announced proposals to overhaul the prospectus rules to improve access to finance for companies and simplify information for investors. The new prospectus regulation forms part...more
Key Points - • Green Paper on Capital Markets Union (CMU Green Paper) and Consultation on Prospectus Directive Review (PD Consultation) • Consultation Period runs until 13 May 2015 • Prospectus Directive...more
The EU prospectus regime, based on Directive 2003/71/EC (the “Prospective Directive”) as amended, has been in place now for nearly 10 years and was due to be reviewed by the European Commission by 1 January 2016. However, the...more