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Corporate weekly highlights—28 March 2019

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Published on: 28 March 2019

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Brexit
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Central Securities Depositories (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Equity capital markets
ESMA publishes the first Q&A relating to the Prospectus Regulation
Public company takeovers
Takeover Panel publishes instrument amending reference to the UKLA
Corporate governance

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Corporate highlights includes the latest updates on Brexit, ESMA’s first Q&As on the Prospectus Regulation and a BEIS report on the gap between chief executive pay and the rest of the workforce.

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