Corporate Notes

Listing regime – latest FCA guidance in Primary Market Bulletins 56 and 57

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 56 (PMB 56) highlighting notification obligations for PDMRs and listed …

Listing regime – FCA approach to enforcement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a policy statement (PS 25/5) following its consultation on whether it should publicise its …

UK Public M&A Consolidated Update

Listing regime - Latest FCA Guidance in Primary Market Bulletin 55

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 55) with further updates to its Guidance Notes.

Listing regime – FCA drops proposals to disclose investigations

The FCA has announced that it has dropped its proposals to disclose investigations it initiates before any findings of misconduct have been made.

Disclosure of inside information – FCA Primary Market Bulletin on leaking inside information during M&A

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 54) which focuses on strategic leaks on M&A transactions and the fact …

Half-yearly corporate update – our latest briefing

We have published our half-yearly update briefing which summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation that have occurred over the …

UK Public M&A podcast Ep 28: Takeover approaches and the Market Abuse Regulation

In this episode of our public M&A podcast series, we discuss Primary Market Bulletin 52 where the FCA reminds companies that they need to consider the UK …

Disclosure of inside information – FCA Primary Market Bulletin

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 52) on inside information. It covers: identifying and disclosing …

Listing regime – FCA’s latest proposals for transparency around enforcement decisions

The FCA has published a further consultation paper (CP24/2, Part 2) on its proposals to increase transparency around enforcement and investigations.

Market Abuse Regulation – FCA fines PDMR for failure to comply with Article 19 of MAR

The FCA has fined a former person discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR) of Wizz Air Holdings plc £123,500 for trading in the company’s shares …