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• FCA publishes new UK Listing Rules Handbook

• 17 Jul, 2024

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as part of its update to the UK Listing Regime has published new UK Listing Rules (UKLR) applicable from 29 July 2024.

• FCA issues bulletin reminding companies of disclosure and filing requirements for annual financial reports including structured annual financial reporting obligations

• 25 May, 2024

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 49 reminding companies of their disclosure and filing requirements for annual financial reports including structured annual financial reporting obligations.

• UK Government publishes an implementation update on UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

• 18 May, 2024

• The UK Government has published an update on plans to introduce economy-wide Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) in the UK.

• FCA proposes extending its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labelling regime and publishes its anti-greenwashing guidance

• 29 Apr, 2024

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation which proposes to extend its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labelling regime to portfolio management services. It has also published its finalised non-handbook guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule.

• DBT publishes summary of responses to its non-financial reporting review call for evidence

• 21 Mar, 2024

• The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published a summary of responses to its non-financial reporting review call for evidence, and also an impact assessment which sets out the first stage of planned measures to reform the UK non-financial reporting framework.

• FCA issues proposals to finalise new “commercial companies” listing category

• 22 Dec, 2023

• As part of a plan to strengthen the UK’s position in global wholesale markets, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new consultation paper (CP23/31 'Primary Markets Effectiveness Review: Feedback to CP23/10 and detailed proposals for listing rules reforms') which also includes the feedback statement from its previous consultation on replacing the existing standard and premium listing share categories with a single listing category (CP23/10 'Primary Markets Effectiveness Review: Feedback to DP22/2 and proposed equity listing rule reforms').

• Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

• 15 Dec, 2023

• The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has now disbanded.

• FCA confirms Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labelling regime

• 01 Dec, 2023

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy Statement (PS) 23/16 ‘Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels’ which contains the FCA’s final rules and guidance to improve trust and transparency to the market for sustainable investment products.

• Transition plan Taskforce publishes its finalised Disclosure Framework and supporting guidance

• 11 Oct, 2023

• The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) was established by the UK government in April 2022 with a two-year mandate to develop the ‘gold standard’ for climate transition plans. On 9 October, the TPT published its finalised sector neutral Disclosure Framework and supporting guidance.

• FRC publishes findings on the quality of corporate reporting in 2022/2023

• 07 Oct, 2023

• The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its Annual Review of Corporate Reporting 2022/2023. The report sets out the FRC’s expectations for areas of corporate reporting that require improvement and highlights the ten most frequently raised topics where improvements to reporting quality are needed. The findings follow a review of 263 annual reports and accounts with weighting in favour of the FTSE 350.

• We comment on the DBT non-financial reporting review call for evidence

• 18 Aug, 2023

• We have published our comment letter on the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT’s) call for evidence on the UK’s non-financial reporting framework (“the call for evidence”).

• FCA confirms its approach to implementing UK-endorsed ISSB standards into its disclosure rules and highlights what listed companies can do now to prepare for any future reporting under those standards

• 14 Aug, 2023

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 45 (the Bulletin) which sets out its approach to implementing UK-endorsed IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 into its disclosure rules, highlights what listed companies can do now to prepare for any future obligations relating to reporting on the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB’s) standards and explains how it will continue to supervise listed companies’ existing Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

• FCA makes changes to streamline its transparency rules on structured digital reporting of financial statements

• 04 Aug, 2023

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published ‘Handbook Notice 111’ which makes changes to streamline its transparency rules for certain companies with securities admitted to UK regulated markets to prepare, publish and file with the FCA their annual financial report in a specific web browser format (XHTML), and to present the financial statements in it in the structured digital format.

• DBT, working with the FRC, conducts a review of the non-financial reporting requirements UK companies need to comply with to produce their annual report

• 25 May, 2023

• The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), working with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), is conducting a review of the non-financial reporting requirements UK companies need to comply with to produce their annual report and to meet broader requirements that sit outside of the Companies Act 2006.

• FCA issues proposals to replace premium and standard listing categories with a single listing category

• 05 May, 2023

• As part of a plan to strengthen the UK’s position in global wholesale markets, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper, CP23/10 'Primary Markets Effectiveness Review: Feedback to DP22/2 and proposed equity listing rule reforms'.

• FCA issues bulletin reminding companies of its rules, guidance and expectations regarding listed company board and executive management diversity disclosures

• 21 Mar, 2023

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 44 reminding in-scope companies of new company board and executive management diversity disclosure rules, its related guidance and expectations. The Bulletin serves to emphasise the seriousness with which the FCA views compliance with the new rules and sets out its supervisory approach and its approach to monitoring compliance.

• We comment on the Transition Plan Taskforce consultation on private sector transition plans

• 08 Mar, 2023

• We have responded to the Transition Plan Taskforce’s (TPT's) consultation on the proposed Disclosure Framework and Implementation Guidance.

• FCA consults on changes to streamline its transparency rules on structured digital reporting of financial statements

• 17 Jan, 2023

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are consulting on changes to streamline its transparency rules for certain companies with securities admitted to UK regulated markets to prepare, publish and file with the FCA their annual financial report in a specific web browser format (XHTML), and to present the financial statements in it in the structured digital format.

• FRC announces thematic review and priority sectors for 2023/24

• 20 Dec, 2022

• The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced its areas of supervisory focus for 2023/24, including high priority sectors, for corporate reporting reviews and audit quality inspections.

• Transition Plan Taskforce publishes its consultation on private sector transition plans

• 15 Nov, 2022

• At COP27 the UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its consultation on what private sector companies need to do to implement and disclose a transition plan.

• FRC publishes findings on the quality of corporate reporting in 2021/2022

• 28 Oct, 2022

• The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its Annual Review of Corporate Reporting 2021/2022. The report sets out the FRC’s expectations of areas of corporate reporting that require improvement and highlights the ten most frequently raised topics where improvements to reporting quality are needed.

• FCA launches consultation on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels

• 26 Oct, 2022

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP/22/20 'Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels'.

• FRC to host a webinar on improving the quality and usability of structured digital reporting

• 19 Oct, 2022

• The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is jointly hosting a webinar with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), covering insights from the FRC Lab's recent report into structured digital reporting.

• Taskforce on Disclosures about Expected Credit Losses (DECL) publishes updated guidance

• 27 Sep, 2022

• The Taskforce on Disclosures about Expected Credit Losses ("the DECL Taskforce") has published updated guidance on what good IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss accounting (ECL) disclosures look like.

• FRC and FCA to hold webinar on TCFD disclosures

• 23 Sep, 2022

• The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the FInancial Conduct Authority (FCA) are jointly hosting a webinar which will provide their views on the first year of mandatory Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting.

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