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Corporate weekly highlights—15 December 2022

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Published on: 15 December 2022
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Table of contents

  • Equity capital markets
  • FCA publishes Primary Market Bulletin 42
  • Prospectus Regulation reform—the new ‘Public Offer and Admissions to Trading’ regime
  • FCA fines Metro Bank and two former executive directors for breaching the listing rules
  • Public company takeovers
  • Takeover Panel publishes response statement to consultation on proposed changes to the definition of acting in concert
  • Corporate governance
  • GRI publishes biodiversity standard update and launches consultation
  • Company disclosures, records and registers
  • Access to company records not closed entirely, EU court clarifies after data-privacy ruling

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Article summary

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes coverage of FCA Primary Market Bulletin 42, specific analysis of the new ‘Public Offer and Admissions to Trading’ regime, the Takeover Panel’s response statement to its consultation on proposed changes to the definition of ‘acting in concert’ and a paper from the FRC on what constitutes a good annual report. Also referenced are several significant developments in financial services regulation, including the wide-ranging ‘Edinburgh Reforms’ announced by the chancellor, the latest FCA Market Watch newsletter and the Markets in Financial Instruments (Investor Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

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