On 5th August 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced simplified Initial Public offering (IPO) rules to support UK listing. Companies will benefit from easier initial public offering (IPO). This will allow the UK listings market to compete more effectively with global markets. The reforms will reduce execution risk for issuers, lower compliance costs and make it easier…
On 6th August 2026, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has updated the requirements for the admission of securities to organised trading. The draft regulation is based on well-established practices that have developed in the market. It is proposed to introduce a minimum volume of initial public offerings of shares for quotation lists. The share of securities in free…
On 24th July 2026, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) revised and released the “Shanghai Stock Exchange Asset-Backed Securities Listing Condition Confirmation Rules No. 2—Major Underlying Assets (2026 Revision)”. The newly added chapter on real estate will help build a multi-tiered real estate securitization market. This revision of the “Guidelines on Major Categories of Underlying Assets” standardizes…
On 5th August 2026, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) decided to admit securities of five foreign investment funds — exchange-traded (ETFs) registered in Germany and Ireland. This means that licensed Ukrainian depository institutions and securities traders have received a legal basis to account for these securities in the depository accounting system and…
On 30th July 2026, Members Exchange (MEMX) announced a definitive agreement for TMX Group (TSX:X) to make a strategic investment in MEMX. Concurrent with that transaction, BOX, a US equity options market with both electronic and floor-based trading, will be combined with MEMX, and TMX Group will have an approximately 59% ownership interest in the…
On 30th July 2026, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced a definitive agreement to acquire MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), an electronic trading platform for global institutional fixed income markets. The combination will bring together two highly complementary businesses to form a more complete and connected fixed income platform. Under the terms of the agreement, ICE…
On 30th July 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission published a notice of proposed amendments to Part 37, Part 38, and Part 39 of the CFTC’s regulations, as well as Commission regulations 1.52 and 1.55. The Commission has continued to observe growth in the number of affiliations between CFTC-regulated entities — including derivatives clearing organizations, designated contract…
On 31st July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a package of reforms designed to improve transparency, strengthen access to market-wide information and support confidence in UK equity markets. This confirms the framework for a future equity consolidated tape, consults on targeted market structure reforms and introduces an interim market activity reporting tool for…
On 29th July 2026, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) supported the official launch of the direct linkage between the Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU) of Hong Kong and SIX of Switzerland, which also marks the launch of CMU OmniClear Limited’s (CMU OmniClear) equity post-trade services for the first time. Since its establishment in 2024, CMU OmniClear…
On 29th July 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) have issued Staff Notice 81-339, which sets out guidance on industry practices relating to the marketing and sale of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are listed on a foreign exchange but not also on a Canadian exchange. The guidance is intended to…
