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Jan 24, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |James Inness |Anna Ngo
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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 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Austin |Kendall Burnett |Sarah Gadd
Recent reforms in the UK market have led to less prescriptive executive remuneration principles that encourage companies to tailor structures to their business, strategy, and performance while consulting with shareholders. On 8 October 2024, the Investment Association (IA) updated its Principles of Remuneration (and supporting guidance) (the IA Principles), which predominantly apply to UK-listed companies.
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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 25, 2024 | 
about.att.com | Mark Austin
One of the most amazing things about Generative AI is how quickly it’s become not just a fixture in pop culture but central to how businesses can drive real value that simply wasn’t possible before. For example, the first commercial television launched in the U.S. in 1939. When the Census Bureau conducted its 1950 survey, it asked about television ownership for the first time. The results? Only 12 percent of U.S. households owned a set more than a decade after launch.
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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.
