Treasury makes Transparency Regulations
Treasury has made the Transparency Regulations 2015, which amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) in line with the Transparency Directive. The Regulations make changes in respect...
View ArticleESMA prepares for amended Transparency Directive
ESMA has published four documents relating to the amended Transparency Directive (TD) in order to promote the implementation and harmonised application of the directive when it comes into force on 26...
View ArticleFCA makes transparency and disclosure rules
FCA has published Handbook Notice 27, setting out changes made to the Handbook under Disclosure and Transparency Rules Sourcebook (Transparency Directive Amending Directive) Instrument 2015. It makes...
View ArticleFCA informs issuers of transparency disclosures
FCA has set out its expectations for issuers to notify FCA of their home Member State under the Transparency Directive Amending Directive. FCA also adopted ESMA’s standard form for making such...
View ArticleFCA consults on inside information disclosure
FCA is consulting on developments relating to the disclosure of inside information by issuers with securities admitted to trading on a regulated market under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It...
View ArticleCommission proposes new Prospectus Regulation
The Commission has adopted a proposal for a Prospectus Regulation to replace the Prospectus Directive. The proposals: - introduce a higher threshold for triggering a prospectus requirement to exempt...
View ArticleESMA updates Prospectuses Q&A
ESMA has updated its Q&A on prospectus-related issues. A new question has been added regarding the level of disclosure which should be included in a prospectus related to securities which may be...
View ArticleESMA speaks on CMU and bond markets
Stephen Maijoor spoke on ESMA’s priorities in its work on the capital markets union (CMU). He looked at its work on SMEs and asset management and moved on to consider the bond markets....By: David Cohen
View ArticleUK Financial Regulatory Developments - February 2016 #9
Prudent valuation RTS correction published in OJEU - A minor corrigendum to the Commission’s RTS for prudent valuation under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) has been published in the OJEU....
View ArticleUK Financial Regulatory Developments - March 2016 #9
CRR liquidity reporting metrics published in OJEU - The Implementing Regulation relating to additional monitoring metrics for liquidity reporting under the CRR has been published in the OJEU. The new...
View ArticleUK Financial Regulatory Developments - April 2016 #2
PRA consults on regulated fees and levies proposals - PRA is consulting on proposals for its fees and levies for 2016/17. The paper sets out proposals for... - the fee rates to meet PRA’s 2016/17...
View ArticleUK Financial Regulatory Developments - April 2016 #23
PSR reviews competition in the payments sector - Carole Begent, PSR Head of Legal, has given a review of competition in the payments sector. She discussed the three ways in which concurrency can be...
View ArticleUK Financial Regulatory Developments - May 2016 #16
Lloyd’s updates requirements for performance management - Lloyd’s has published a market bulletin to update its “Performance Management – Supplemental Requirements and Guidance”. It consolidates a...
View ArticleBrexit: Potential regulatory and transactional impacts for financial...
This paper considers the key potential regulatory and transactional consequences for financial institutions of the UK's referendum vote on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU. The future relationship between...
View ArticleCheyne Capital v. Deutsche Trustee Company: another securitisation dispute on...
Hot on the heels of a number of recent cases on the interpretation of securitisation documents comes Cheyne Capital (Management) UK (LLP) v. Deutsche Trustee Company Limited and another. In this case...
View ArticleTreasury makes Transparency Regulations
Treasury has made the Transparency Regulations 2015, which amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) in line with the Transparency Directive. The Regulations make changes in respect...
View ArticleESMA prepares for amended Transparency Directive
ESMA has published four documents relating to the amended Transparency Directive (TD) in order to promote the implementation and harmonised application of the directive when it comes into force on 26...
View ArticleFCA makes transparency and disclosure rules
FCA has published Handbook Notice 27, setting out changes made to the Handbook under Disclosure and Transparency Rules Sourcebook (Transparency Directive Amending Directive) Instrument 2015. It makes...
View ArticleFCA informs issuers of transparency disclosures
FCA has set out its expectations for issuers to notify FCA of their home Member State under the Transparency Directive Amending Directive. FCA also adopted ESMA’s standard form for making such...
View ArticleFCA consults on inside information disclosure
FCA is consulting on developments relating to the disclosure of inside information by issuers with securities admitted to trading on a regulated market under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It...
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