Reforming UK capital markets to ensure they work well for our economy
Why this matters
This is an informational speech by FCA leadership summarizing completed reforms and future direction across primary markets (listing rules, public offers), secondary markets (bond/equity consolidated tapes, PISCES for private shares), post-trade (transaction reporting, clearing thresholds), and emerging areas (tokenisation, AI, stablecoins). The speech references multiple final policy statements already published and outlines a forward roadmap. It carries no new binding obligations but provides significant regulatory signals and guidance on the FCA's capital markets reform programme. Urgency is null as this is a speech; significance is 3 because it consolidates concrete regulatory outcomes and policy direction affecting a broad set of market participants.
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What the FCA said
Speech by Jon Relleen, director of infrastructure and exchanges, at the Reform of the UK Public and Private Capital Markets Summit 2026. The Economic Secretary to the Treasury has discussed the contribution of UK markets to economic growth.I want to build on that by talking about the FCA’s role in reforming capital…
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Context
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) — UK financial services regulator. We track 660 updates from them.
Financial services regulation in the UK, primarily overseen by the FCA and PRA. Browse all United Kingdom updates.
This update is classified under Reporting & Disclosure, Technology & Cyber, Authorisation & Licensing and Capital Markets & Trading.