Market Conduct

On 15 April 2026, Ofgem published a letter to all wholesale energy market participants and other interested parties setting out its concerns regarding the use of thresholds for the determination

of inside information under Article 4 of the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Transparency and Integrity (REMIT).

In particular, Ofgem is concerned with

On 19 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Consultation Paper on MAR guidelines on delay in the disclosure of inside information.

Background

Under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), issuers are to disclose to the public as soon as possible the inside information that directly concerns

On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published for consultation a draft Delegated Regulation together with an Annex which amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 in order to establish a list of designated trading venues for the purpose of implementing the mechanism to exchange order data referred to in Article 25a of the Market Abuse Regulation

On 8 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Market Watch 83.

In this Market Watch, the FCA shares its observations from a series of reviews of corporate finance firms that provide advisory and corporate broking services to small and mid-cap companies. These reviews focused on firms’ systems and controls for

On 9 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority published the official translations of its guidelines on supervisory practices for competent authorities to prevent and detect market abuse under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation. The guidelines apply from three months after this date (9 October 2025).

Recent tariff developments have transformed the international trade landscape with consequent market volatility. In our latest podcast, Katie Stephen, Hannah Meakin and Catherine Pluck discuss the impact of volatility on market abuse risk, as well as some of the key practical steps that firms can take to mitigate that risk.

Listen to the episode here

In the current geopolitical climate, with the imposition of tariffs and associated macroeconomic uncertainty, publicly traded companies across sectors will need to consider the potential impact on their business in the context of their ongoing disclosure obligations. This new briefing note focuses on some of the key areas that companies with shares admitted to the