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Reform of the UK listing, prospectus and secondary fundraising regimes is gathering pace, with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) engaging with stakeholders on its rulebook proposals...

Welcome to the June 2011 edition of Banking and Capital Markets Insight, which focuses on technical issues currently coming out of the banking, capital markets, securities and fund management arenas.

Two recent (and closely-related) cases, the first instance decisions in Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Acciona SA [2004] EWHC 270 (Ch) (‘Acciona’) and Concord Trust v Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc [2004] EWHC 1216 (Ch) (‘Concord’), have both clarified and reaffirmed certain concepts and principles regularly employed in the trust deeds used to constitute English law bonds and reminded us of some of the protections available to trustees under English law.

On 24 May 2023, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited Retail Investment Strategy, comprising a proposal for a Retail Investment Directive amending the UCITS Directive, AIFMD, MiFID...

Quoted Business sought the views of four professionals working within the small cap market to gauge current sentiment – a managing director, a non-executive chairman, an investor relations specialist and a Nomad.

On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a significant proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the "EU Securitisation Regulation")...

Welcome to the March 2009 edition of Banking and Capital Markets Insight, which focuses on technical issues currently coming out of the banking, capital markets, securities and fund management arenas.

In this edition, we discuss the guidance documents published by the FSA in response to many firms experiencing difficulties with their ICAAPs. We also review IFRS 7’s disclosure requirements and the ECJ’s ruling in the JPMorgan Fleming Claverhouse case

Welcome to the first edition of Banking and Capital Markets Insight for 2011, which focuses on technical issues currently coming out of the banking, capital markets, securities and fund management arenas.

On 22 June 2010, the UK Chancellor, George Osborne MP, of the Conservative-led UK government (the "Govt."), delivered the keenly anticipated "emergency" budget ("2010 Budget"), which will introduce a host of changes to the UK tax system, with far-reaching consequences for the future of the UK financial services industry and its wider economy.

Information relating to recent Financial and Regulatory developments.

The FCA has announced that, from 8 October 2025, firms will be able to give retail consumers access to crypto exchange traded notes (cETNs).

The Bank of England (Bank) has published its long‑awaited policy statement on sterling-denominated stablecoins and a draft Code of Practice for sterling‑denominated systemic stablecoin issuers...

June 2016 saw the publication of the Supreme Court judgment in this case involving Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) and its attempt to redeem contingent convertible securities.