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London Stock exchange starts the year in a strong position

The London Stock Exchange raised 15 billion pounds from 106 initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2017, a 63 percent increase compared to last year and the highest level for three years.

Money raised from the exchange’s listings was up 164 percent compared to 5.7 billion pounds in 2016.

It added that 20 North American companies chose London for their listing, including Dallas-based oil and gas company Kosmos Energy.

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London has seen a pick-up in listings this year after uncertainty around Britain’s future outside of the EU single market dampened investor confidence and caused a number of initial public offerings (IPO) to be postponed or cancelled.

Some analysts noted that despite the debates about Brexit, London is highly global, deep and liquid capital markets continue to be the ideal partner for funding the world’s growth. It is particularly significant to notice that the number of international listings in London is up too, with North American listings up nearly seven-fold on last year.

The listing of 35 investment companies drove total IPOs value higher, with 5 billion pounds raised from vehicles including real estate investment trusts or special purpose acquisition firms, compared to just 644 million pounds the year before.

However, the average share performance of newly listed companies in 2017 was down 34 percent year on year.

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Stock Exchanges – An engine for development

Stock exchanges already exert a certain amount of regulatory authority over listed companies. Whether this authority is granted explicitly by the government or established by industry guidelines and operational codes, exchanges routinely require companies to report on certain aspects of their operation in order to qualify for the capital-raising opportunities afforded by the market. These reports are mostly focused on good governance, but trends lately have tended towards other indicators, such as climate risk and gender parity. Some exchanges (in Brazil, India, and Hong Kong, for example) have built these ESG disclosures into their listing rules; others have issued non-binding ESG reporting guidance to their listed companies.

The world’s stock exchanges are also useful and scalable engagement platforms. Their position at the nexus of so many key players allows for enhanced and accelerated debate across the entire investment ecosystem.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has collaborated with the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on a new report, titled The Role of Stock Exchanges in Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainable Development. The paper does exactly what its title implies, examining how stock exchanges can promote economic growth and sustainable development.

Their joint report was launched at the recent WFE Annual Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Introductory matter covers how modern stock exchanges really operate, and why they offer essential solutions to long-term economic problems. A fair amount of space is devoted to a key concept: exploring the symbiotic relationship between financial development and economic development. In other words, does the development of financial systems and tools simply follow economic signals, or does it actually drive economic development on a grand scale?

Some argue that the markets may not always serve as organic drivers of long-term economic development. A fair amount of blame for excessive short-termism and other potentially corrosive market impacts is laid at the feet of exchanges, where extra volume can mean extra revenues. Day trading, excessive speculation, and technology-assisted boom and bust trends may create a disconnect between the real and the financial economies, according to the report, resulting in a misallocation of capital and potentially destabilising economic consequences. But exchanges more than counterbalance this by increasing the ability of entrepreneurs, as well as more established corporations with expansion plans, to access the capital they need to grow their businesses.

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Hello! Welcome to the Stanley Carter blog,  Stanley Carter are corporate services providers, providing day to day company secretarial services support to accountants, solicitors, leaseholders, entrepreneurs and various other clients in the United Kingdom. Our client base is worldwide with particular emphasis on those clients that operate with United Kingdom Corporate entities.

We have skilled, experienced advisors who will be able to keep you abreast of changes in company law and practice, attend to the formalities required to keep good corporate governance and ensure that you have a complete set of statutory records for your company. We will take an active concern in the well being of your company and help you to meet deadlines set by the Companies Act and government regulations for the filing of documents, without the risk of prosecution or penalties. We work hard to deliver a quality service and to provide you, our client, with fast and efficient support. As your company secretary, regulatory compliance is one of our main duties. We need to ensure that your organisation complies with all relevant legislation. This is done by ensuring that the necessary policies are in place, raising awareness of the policies, monitoring compliance and giving advice as and when necessary.