Amending the prospectus regime: Amendments to FSA Handbook published

The changes to be made to the FSA Handbook as part of the UK implementation of the EU Amending Directive have been published. The changes relate principally to the Prospectus Rules and to the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules and will come into force on 1 July 2012.

The EU Amending Directive amends the prospectus regime established by the 2003 EU Prospectus Directive. We discuss the Amending Directive and its UK implementation in this post.