The Panel provides input and challenge to the FCA on policy issues that affect issuers of securities, and on policy and regulation proposals from the FCA listing's function.
Listing Authority Advisory Panel Priorities 2025-26
LAAP’s priorities reflect the Panel's commitment to developing a dynamic, transparent and competitive UK capital market, ensuring that regulatory frameworks evolve in step with market needs and global best practices.
Priority areas for 2025-26
Strengthening UK Capital Markets
- Track impact: monitor market response to the single listing regime and advise on refinements.
- Boost access and liquidity: simplify capital raising and deepen trading across the market.
- Stay globally competitive: ensure UK markets remain a leading destination for listings and investment.
Cutting Friction in UK Capital Markets
- Unlock efficiency: simplify rules and processes to help markets function better.
- Accelerate access: refine regulation and infrastructure to reduce friction.
- Improve data: expand access to research and market insights.
- Clarify oversight: push for clear, proportionate regulatory expectations.
Making Governance Work in Practice
- Focus on delivery: drive practical adoption of governance and stewardship principles.
- Encourage alignment across the investment chain: Contribute to clarity and consistency in expectations and information needs between asset owners, asset managers and issuers.
- Back effective engagement: promote better dialogue between issuers and investors.
- Right-size assurance: shape audit expectations that are fit for purpose.
Embracing Innovation in Capital Markets
- Advise on tech: guide on AI, tokenisation and digital assets in primary markets.
- Modernise infrastructure: support smarter, more resilient systems.
- Push for clarity: help shape adaptive, principles-based regulation.
The Panel’s approach to these priorities will focus on:
- Ensuring effective regulatory engagement: engage proactively during the early stages of policy formulation to provide timely and relevant industry insights.
- Encouraging collaboration across regulatory bodies: ensure coherent and coordinated approaches to market regulation.
- Championing evidence-based policy makers: support robust and transparent policy making.