No Stamp Tax, Yes Stamp Tax LSE chief Furse says stamp duty on share transactions will come to an end Telegraph Aids to Brown deny any plan to end stamp duty 17.05.07 Financial Times, London Stock Exchange, UK Tax

FSA to Examine UK Listing Rules Financial Services Authority is to examine rules governing listing in the UK, response to investor concern that overseas companies - such as Rosneft and Sistema - do not comply with level of standards required of British firms 05.04.07 Telegraph, Financial Times, FSA Press Release, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Financial Services, Financial Services Authority

Doubts About Rules for Foreign Firms FSA is being pushed to clarify rules for overseas firms listing on London Stock Exchange, unlike foreign companies, which follow their local governance rules, UK firms are subject to Combined Code on corporate governance 23.02.07 Guardian, Capital Markets, Financial Services Authority, Corporate Governance

Audit Law Threatens City Eighth Company Law Directive on Statutory Audit will take City from principle-based regulation to codified, detailed rules, threatens the success of the City in attracting business from US, weighed down with Sarbanes-Oxley 18.01.07 Telegraph, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, London Stock Exchange, Sarbanes Oxley, US Corporate Governance

Firms Fear Nasdaq Will Bring US Rules Companies listed on AIM fear a Nasdaq takeover of London Stock Exchange will lead to introduction of US regulation, Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) due to meet Nasdaq management 04.12.06 Guardian, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, London Stock Exchange

UK Listing Rules Falling Behind Andrew Large says UK listing rules banning single-strategy hedge funds are 'anachronistic', speaking as London hedge fund manager Marshall Wace follows Boussard & Gavaudan to list mega-funds in Amsterdam 14.11.06 Times, Capital Markets, Hedge Fund Regulation, London Stock Exchange