Finance Law and Banking Law

The London Stock Exchange has published revised Alternative Investment Market Rules designed to make it easier for companies to join AIM, facilitate acquisitions, and streamline fundraising processes. Key changes include new express market routes for international issuers, removal of working capital statement requirements, increased thresholds for substantial transactions, and greater flexibility in corporate governance disclosure.

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a comprehensive review of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules to assess their value for issuers and investors, while exploring reforms to enhance UK public market attractiveness. This update examines recent regulatory developments including AIM Rules consultations, accounts filing reforms, and new FRC guidance on internal controls and materiality. Additionally, the government has accepted recommendations to mandate digital share registers for publicly

Moneybox's recent £45m employee share sale through the London Stock Exchange's PISCES platform marks a significant milestone in the evolution of private company liquidity.

In this In Practice article we consider what comes next, after the Supreme Court judgment on secret commission payments in motor vehicle finance transactions.

On 7 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (the "Consultation") on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007...

The 2025 Airline Economics Conference in Dublin highlighted several key trends and challenges currently shaping the aviation industry, with a particular focus on the leasing sector...

Islamic finance has firmly outgrown its historical perception as a regional niche. With global assets estimated at US$5.98tn in 2024...

The UK government has announced significant reforms to the Consumer Credit Act 1974, scrapping the phase two consultation and moving forward with changes that will remove automatic unenforceability sanctions while shifting many prescriptive requirements from statute to FCA rules.

You'll find the answer to this question in a recent episode of ‘The Long-Short' podcast, produced by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), featuring Jersey Finance's Head of Funds, Elliot Refson.

The London Stock Exchange has implemented significant revisions to the AIM Rules for Companies following its June 2026 consultation paper, introducing substantial changes to admission requirements, transaction thresholds, and disclosure obligations. These reforms include replacing traditional working capital statements with targeted financial disclosures, introducing a voluntary Capital Access Window for fundraising suspensions, and aligning substantial transaction thresholds with Main Market standards at 2

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has confirmed the changes to its rules for AIM companies and has published an updated copy of the AIM Rules for Companies.

On 3 August 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS26/15, setting out final transaction reporting rules that will replace and restate assimilated EU law derived from the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (UK MiFIR).