Strategic Review of Mid-Market Global Markets

As a result of the intro of the UKLR sourcebook in July 2024, both the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and FTSE Russell made consequential modifications to their rules. In July 2024, the LSE confirmed modifications to its Admission and Disclosure Standards to show the collapse of the previous premium and standard listing sections into the brand-new business business classification.

It then released a summary and Frequently asked questions validating its view when the final UKLR sourcebook was released in July 2024. One of the procedures proposed as part of the Edinburgh Reforms in December 2022 was the establishment of the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, chaired by Charlie Geffen. The objective of the taskforce was to consider the potential advantages of the UK relocating to a T +1 securities settlement cycle and lay out how this modification might be implemented.

, chaired by Sir Douglas Flint.

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In July 2023, the taskforce released an Interim Report (read our summary here) which made a number of recommendations, including: legislation needs to be brought forward, and business short articles of association altered, as quickly as practicable to stop the issuance of brand-new paper share certificates; the government should advance legislation to need dematerialisation of all share certificates at a future date; the federal government ought to seek advice from provider and financier agents on the preferred personality of "recurring" paper share interests and whether a time frame ought to be imposed for the recognition of untraced Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs); andintermediaries must have a responsibility, as a condition of involvement in the cleaning and settlement system, to put in location common innovation that enables them to react to UBO requests from companies within a very brief time frame.

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Digitisation would target noted companies with a view to reducing expenses and waste, and streamlining investor interaction. The report proposes additional steps to make sure that UBOs within the intermediated securities chain would have the ability to exercise shareholder rights that are presently only guaranteed for signed up shareholders, in addition to steps to enhance interaction between companies and UBOs.