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This Briefing Paper updates you on the developments of the European Commission's flagship initiative of building a Capital Markets Union...

The initial coin offerings regulatory map has begun to take shape with the SEC, the CSA, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Australia offering their opinions on ICOs.

The Chancellor’s Autumn statement was given on 3 December 2014.

On June 12, 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority published its Policy Statement and final rules on the restrictions on the retail distribution of contingent convertible securities, known as CoCos, and mutual society shares.

On March 15, 2016, Damien Clarke pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading at Southwark Crown Court, having previously pleaded guilty to seven counts of insider trading on July 24, 2015.

On June 13, 2016, Mr. Damian Clarke, a former equities trader at Schroders Investment Management, was sentenced to two years imprisonment having pleaded guilty to nine counts of insider dealing.

On 7 July 2016, the GC100 published guidance in relation to maintaining insider lists under MAR.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") has issued a circular dated July 31, 2017 introducing an online filing system for Alternative Investment Funds ("AIF").

On 19 December 2017 the Scottish Law Commission issued its much anticipated Report on Moveable Transactions.

On 15 November 2018, ESMA published its first annual report on administrative and criminal sanctions imposed by member state authorities under MAR.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today, March 16, 2020, issued a decision to temporarily lower the net ...

On September 13, 2018, a Commission Delegated Regulation on settlement discipline was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Availability of abundant capacity continues to drive competition in the Western European D&O market. The Influx of new capacity beginning in early 2022 still creates competition and yielded rate deceleration throughout 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Crowdfunding is a relatively new phenomenon, meaning that regulations can differ substantially from country to country.

As a reminder, conflict minerals disclosures on Forms SD are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) no later than May 31, 2019. There have not been any notable regulatory updates related to the conflict minerals rules since April 2017.

ESMA announced on 23 May 2019 that it has updated its Q&A on the Benchmarks Regulation. The update to the Benchmarks Regulation Q&A includes new Q&A clarifying:

On 26 January 2016, the House of Lords issued a written statement on the draft Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016.