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Posted on October 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Britain's FCA is in early talks to amend IPO rules, aiming to reduce the timeline for companies to go public in London by a week.
(Reuters) -Britain's Financial Conduct Authority is in early talks to change its rules to shorten the timeline for companies to go public in London by about a week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
(Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru)
An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the process through which a private company offers shares to the public for the first time, allowing it to raise capital from public investors.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a regulatory body in the UK responsible for overseeing financial markets and protecting consumers by ensuring that financial firms operate fairly.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, where shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold.
Regulatory changes refer to modifications in laws or guidelines that govern financial markets and institutions, often aimed at improving market efficiency and protecting investors.
Market capitalization is the total market value of a company's outstanding shares, calculated by multiplying the share price by the total number of shares.
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