The Listing Act leads to a range of changes for issuers, especially regarding prospectus law and market abuse law. The package’s declared objective is simplifications that at the same time safeguard transparency, investor protection and market integrity. There is a paradigm shift in market abuse law regarding ad hoc reportin, which also results in challenges.
Further information about supervision of issuers can be found on the FMA website.
A new information series for supervised entities
Let’s talk about supervision – is the Austrian Financial Market Authority’s new regular information series for supervised entities. This format is intended for covering new areas of supervision as well as thematic areas where a need for explanation has been detected in the market. Relevant thematically-specific information is intended to be communicated in a quick and easy to understand manner, to create greater clarity as well as contributing towards ensuring that supervisory standards are observed. All editions published to date may be found here (in German only).