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MEPs back new lead for Capital Markets Union

The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has backed the decision by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to transfer the EU’s financial stability, financial services and capital markets union portfolio to the Commission’s Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis. This follows …

Future of Shareholder Rights Directive uncertain in light of Brexit fallout

Uncertainty now surrounds the status of the Shareholder Rights Directive following the UK’s Brexit referendum result. The Directive is currently stalled at the trialogue stage involving negotiations between the Commission, Parliament and country representatives. The UK has been a vocal …

French issuer control of governance queried by AMF report

French regulator AMF has found that France is the only country where governance codes are drawn up by bodies representing issuers and where code amendment to its code are not subject to a prior public consultation on the website of …

UK’s FRC consults on new audit enforcement regime

With the EU’s audit regulation and audit directive coming into force in June the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on its new audit enforcement procedure for audits of Public Interest Entities (PIE) – which include listed companies, credit …

UK consults on EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive

The UK government is consulting on how to incorporate the EU’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive into UK law and into the UK’s current company reporting framework. This amends an earlier directive and requires companies, with more than 500 employees, to disclose …

Vote Suspension rules of Transparency Directive amendments come into force

The amended Transparency Directive (TD), which entered into force on 26 November 2015 across the EU brings major new powers to the FCA. One of the key changes is that the FCA can apply to court for a voting rights …

European Commission proposes changes to EU’s prospectus rules

The European Commission has released proposals which it says will improve access to finance for companies and simplify the information provided for investors. The Commission is making changes to the Prospectus Directive, originally adopted in 2003 and last revised …