Publication
Essential Corporate News – Week ending 8 November 2024
On 6 November 2024, the Home Office published guidance under section 204 Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA).
Launch of Capital Markets Union (CMU) technical resource
Global | Publication | December 2015
Raising finance in Europe is changing. Our online technical resource ‘Capital Markets Union’ (CMU) is a complete client guide to the legal and practical measures that fall under the umbrella of the CMU.
The European Commission’s CMU initiative aims to unify capital markets across Europe’s 28 Member States in an effort to promote growth and investment. From now through 2019, the Commission will release a series of regulations and studies affecting every area of capital markets.
CMU will affect clients across the global with business interests in the European Union, including banks, funds, insurers, pensions, infrastructure projects, SMEs, credit rating agencies and multilateral development agencies.
The following resources will be updated as the CMU project develops:
- Prospectus Regulation proposal
- Private placements
- Venture capital
- SME finance
- Crowdfunding.
- Securitisation Regulation proposal
- STS securitisation practical guide
- Securitisation – risk retention Q&A
- Solvency II recalibration
- Infrastructure funds
- Non-bank lending
- Pensions
- Retail finance.
- Regulation of financial services
- Covered bonds
- Investment funds
- Derivatives, repos and securities lending
- Cross-border finance.
Recent publications
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Refocusing the application of the UK Takeover Code
On 6 November 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (Panel) published response statement RS 2024/1 - Companies to which the Takeover Code applies (Response Statement) setting out final rule changes that will result in a refocusing and significant narrowing of the types of companies subject to the UK Takeover Code (Code). This follows on from the Panel’s previous consultation on this topic in April 2024.
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Draft Guidelines on abusive exclusionary conduct – Striking a balance between effective enforcement and economic analysis
On 01 August 2024, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on the draft text of the Guidelines on the application of Article 102 TFEU to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings (the draft Guidelines).
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