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The article reports on the efforts by the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rules to simplify its structure. Among the proposals are the streamlined process for follow-on capital raising and relaxed rules on dual-class shares. Also cited is the growing number of companies which are filing for voluntary delisting like Flutter and CRH.

The article informs that Great Britain's Financial Conduct Authority loosened its listing rules in special purpose acquisition companies. It mentions that it provide an unconventional means of taking private companies public, a dealmaker incorporates a shell company and lists it on a stock exchange, raising money from shareholders. It also mentions that removing the ban on share sales will tempt sponsors to list in Britain rather than the Netherlands.

The article discusses developments in whistleblowing. Several court cases are noted including that of a Maine man who was awarded more than $200,000 for wrongful termination related to whistleblowing. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled the first annual report from its Office of the Whistleblower. In Great Britain the Financial Conduct Authority is thinking about authorizing bounty payments for whistleblowers.

The article reports that on July 21, 2017 Roger Barker, head of corporate governance at the Institute of Directors, wrote to the Financial Conduct Authority to warn regulator about its planned changes to rules on state-owned companies that wanted to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange. It mentions the meeting of Theresa May with Xavier Rolet to meet Khalid -Falih, Saudi Arabia's energy minister.

At the beginning of July, the Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gave notice to the UK's financial institutions that they had three months in which to produce reports on how they avoid IT failures and mitigate cyber-attacks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the mutual fund industry in Great Britain and a report from the British Financial Conduct Authority suggesting the industry isn't properly looking after investors' interests. It comments on the lack of competition by fund managers on price and mentions operating margins of 16 fund-managed firms were between 34 and 39 percent in recent years. It states the report found fund manager charges can eat up a third of the investor's returns over 20 years.

The article offers information related to the global business. Topics discussed include the annual headline inflation in the euro zone in December 2015, inquiry into banking pay and culture by the Great Britain Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and a takeover offer by British supermarket chain Sainsbury's for Home Retail Group (HRG).

The article reports that Jonathan Burrows, a director at asset-management firm BlackRock, was banned from the financial services industry for life by the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for dodging train fares amounting to over $66,800 over five years during his commute.

The article focuses on voice data management which is crucial to corporate compliance. Topics discussed include settlement sagred by international financial institutions for both U.S. and Great Britain regulators, Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) as a guide for preservation and collection of voice data, and passage of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. Also mentioned are U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and penalties.