UK FCA More Knowledge Base Changes

Published on: Apr 23, 2025

On Apr. 17, UK FCA issued Primary Market Bulletin 55 on changes.

  • FCA issued Primary Market Bulletin 55 which includes guidance consultation GC25/1 on further proposed changes to the FCA's Knowledge Base for the listing regime.
  • Proposals follow implementation of new UK Listing Rules (UKLR) from Jul. 29, 2024.
  • PMB 55 also sets out final versions of material consulted on in PMB 53, see #237244.
  • Proposed Changes to Technical Notes
  • FCA proposes changes to the following technical notes and issues marked up versions.
  • Regarding periodic financial information: FCA/TN/506.2 Periodic financial information and inside information; Primary Market/TN/501.7 Structured digital reporting for annual financial statements prepared per International Financial Reporting Standards.
  • Changes to latter re issue of new European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) taxonomy.
  • Regulatory announcements re inside information: UKLA/TN/520.2 Delaying disclosure/ dealing with leaks and rumors; UKLA/TN/521.3 Assessing, handling inside information.
  • And concerning the disclosure of positions, UKLA/TN/542.2 Issuer's obligations.
  • Effectiveness
  • The closing date for the submission of feedback on the proposals is May 15, 2025.
Regulators
UK FCA
Entity Types
B/D; Corp; Exch; HF; IA; Inv Co
Reference
GC25/1, PMB 55, 4/17/2025
Functions
Compliance; Financial; Legal; Market Conduct; Operations; Reporting; Risk
Countries
United Kingdom
Category
State
N/A
Products
Corporate; Equity; Fixed Income; Fund Mgt; Investment Bank; Issuance/IPO; Mutual Funds; Securities; Securitization
Rule Type
Proposed
Regions
EMEA
Rule Date
Apr 17, 2025
Effective Date
May 15, 2025
Rule ID
251507
Linked to
Reg. Last Update
Apr 17, 2025
Report Section
UK