On 16 December 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a discussion paper, DP24/4, on admissions and disclosures (A&D) and the market abuse regime for cryptoassets (MARC).
The proposals
The FCA has published DP24/4 to help inform the development of its rules for cryptoasset A&D and the MARC.
Last month the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 52 (PMB 52) discussing a number of potential issues, and practical steps for issuers to consider, in relation to the identification, handling and dissemination of inside information in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
In our latest briefing we summarise the areas covered in
On 9 October 2024, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular (the Circular) stating its intention to place greater emphasis on the supervision of asset management firms and reminding personnel of their regulatory obligations, after it identified various deficiencies and substandard conduct in respect of the management of private
On 25 September 2024, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published an Open Letter on the designation of representatives by non-EU market participants and on the new obligations of persons professionally arranging or executing transactions (PPAETs) as set out under the revised Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on
On 17 July 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a report on suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs).
Similar to the report published last summer, the report aims at providing the market with a clear overview over the use of STORs in different jurisdictions across the EU and
On 17 June 2024, the European Commission (Commission) issued a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding the delegation of power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
Article 35 of MAR sets out the conditions under which the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated
On 9 May 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Market Watch 79.
In this edition of Market Watch the FCA discusses:
Market
Following nearly a year of debate, the legislative review of the proposed amendments to Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) is coming to an end. On 29 February 2024, the European Parliament formally adopted in a plenary vote the amendments to REMIT, this was followed by the approval in
On 9 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Market Watch 78. In this edition of Market Watch, the FCA shares its observations on the completeness and accuracy of instrument reference data (IRD) under onshored Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 23.
The FCA notes that this edition