UK listing regime

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This overview is a guide to the Financial Services UK listing regime subtopic, with links to appropriate materials.

The Official List

The Official List is a list of securities admitted to trading on a UK regulated market. The Official List is maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as competent authority for the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000).

For an illustration of a debt securities listing in London for an issuer that has issued debt securities before and is looking to list plain vanilla debt securities or a medium term note programme, see: Listing debt securities in London—flowchart.

For a summary of the steps to listing debt securities on the London Stock Exchange, see:

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