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Dec 5, 2024 | 
businessage.com | Chris Horton
Traditional productivity metrics are outdated. To thrive, organisations should embrace employee engagement, wellbeing, and innovation as the true success driversProductivity in the UK has seen a significant decline with per-worker growth is at its lowest level since the 1800s.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton
On 15 November 2024, the FCA released Primary Market Bulletin 52, offering guidance on compliance with MAR and DTR requirements, particularly in identifying and disclosing inside information, managing shareholder communications, and handling Primary Information Provider (PIP) outages.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Chris Horton |James Inness
The proposals seek to address engagement feedback which called for a more effective stewardship model that would support UK competitiveness and growth. On 11 November 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) launched its consultation on proposed revisions to its Stewardship Code (the Code). The Code applies on a voluntary basis to its signatories which comprise asset owners, asset managers, proxy advisors, and investment consultants.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton
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 less prescriptive than previous iterations — and reflect the progressive market discussions on executive remuneration that have taken place in the UK in the last couple of years.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton
On 6 September 2024, the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce (CMIT) published the Capital Markets Of Tomorrow report (CMOT). CMOT sets out the “UK elevator pitch” for the reformed UK capital markets, engages in some judicious myth-busting about the UK markets, identifies where more reform work is needed, and proposes a model which will help to deliver long-term growth for the UK economy.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton |James Inness |Sam Newhouse |Anna Ngo
This Edition Covers Capital Markets Of Tomorrow Report Sets Out “UK Elevator Pitch” and Identifies Priority Areas to Deliver UK Economic Growth CMIT Calls for a More Effective Model for Stewardship in the UK Investors Call for Climate Strategy Vote at UK’s Largest Listed Companies FCA Updates Its Knowledge Base to Reflect the New UK Listing Regime Latham US FPI Guide — 2024 Edition Capital Markets Of Tomorrow Report Sets Out “UK Elevator Pitch” and Identifies Priority Areas to Deliver UK...
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
originalrock.net | Chris Horton
Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival has rapidly grown into the UK’s largest metropolitan-based music festival since its inception. What started as a local music celebration at the city’s Historic Dockyard has evolved into a major music event in the UK Festival calendar, drawing thousands of music fans from across the country down to Southsea seafront.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton
On 13 August 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), as part of a cross-regulatory group comprising the FCA, Companies House, HMRC and Charity Commission for England and Wales, published a discussion paper on the future of digital reporting in the UK. This high-level paper addresses recent developments in the regulatory landscape affecting the digital reporting obligations of listed companies and seeks feedback on how to implement policy changes.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Richard Butterwick |Chris Horton
The FCA’s radical overhaul of the UK’s listing framework came into effect on 29 July 2024. All premium listed commercial companies have automatically been mapped to a new listing category for equity shares (commercial companies) (ESCC) which replaces the previous premium and standard listing segments for commercial companies. Key points for listed companies mapped to the ESCC: Transactions — the regulation of material transactions entered into by ESCC companies is now disclosure-orientated.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Chris Horton |James Inness
The proposals form a package of measures designed to promote UK capital raising. On 26 July 2024, the FCA published consultation papers on a new public offers and admissions to trading regime to replace the existing UK Prospectus Regulation, and on proposals to establish public offer platforms (POPs) as a new mechanism for raising scale-up capital. These proposals form part of a package of measures to build up UK wholesale markets.
