Authors: Catherine Wade, Ashley Rowlands

European Commission proposes changes to the Prospectus Regulation – Key points for debt securities

As part of a wider package of reforms aimed at progressing the EU’s Capital Markets Union, the European Commission has published draft measures in a new Listing Act to amend the EU Prospectus Regulation. Whilst the focus of the proposals is to make it easier for companies (in particular SMEs) to list equity on EU public markets, changes will also be relevant to debt issuance. The package of proposals also includes amendments to the EU Market Abuse Regulation among others. Here we summarise some of the key features of the proposed amendments to the Prospectus Regulation.