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On May 12, the SCGI, together with the British Embassy Stockholm, arranged the seminar ‘A Stronger Equity Market – Learnings from the UK’. During the seminar, Nicola Watkinson, Managing Director at TheCityUK presented recent UK initiatives to promote equity market growth and innovation. SCGI director Erik Lidman presented the OECD – OCDE/SCGI report ‘The Swedish Equity Market:… Read more

The Swedish equity markets, which are among the largest in the European Union (EU) even in absolute terms, have increasingly become a reference point in policy discussions around capital market development, serving as a case study illustrating the approaches that can help promote successful domestic markets. Previous OECD work has highlighted a set of specific… Read more

On 16 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-229/24, Brännelius. The case concerns the question of what is required for information to be considered ‘made public’ under Article 7(1)(a) of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), and thus not to constitute inside information. The Court’s conclusion came as… Read more

Whether information constitutes inside information is, for various reasons, a broad issue that is the subject of much debate. The Court of Justice of the European Union has now issued a ruling in a case in which the Swedish Supreme Court had requested a preliminary ruling. SCGI Director Erik Lidman and PhD Candidate Jesper Zackrisson,… Read more

In recent years, the success of the Swedish stock market has become a focal point in international efforts to strengthen Europe’s capital markets. However, the debate is sometimes clouded by misconceptions about the factors that have contributed to this success. Occasionally, the Swedish system, which allows for shares with different voting rights (i.e. the ability… Read more

The volume Unfinished Business: Two Decades with the EU Takeover Directive has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The book is co-authored by the European Company law Expert Group (ECLE), including Rolf Skog and Erik Lidman (SCGI). The volume contains a number of articles offering practical insights and forward-looking policy recommendations on European takeover… Read more