The GC100 has responded to the final report of the Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making.
For the GC100′s response to various suggestions made in the Kay Review, see the following paragraphs of the GC100 document:
A NOTEPAD ON COMPANY AND FINANCIAL LAW, NEWS AND REGULATION
Announcement here.
“The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee today announces its intention to inquire into the Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making and the Government’s Response to that Review.
The Committee invites submissions of evidence on the recommendations set out in the Kay Review and the Government’s plans for the implementation of its recommendations.”
Submissions are invited by 18 January 2013.
See also: Government response to the Kay Review: strongly supportive
The Government published on 22 November 2012 its response to the The Kay Rcview of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision Making. The Kay Review – which we discussed in this post – made 17 specific recommendations aimed at, in the Government’s words, “reversing the culture of short-termism and restoring relationships of trust and confidence in the investment chain”; the Government response sets out its (overwhelmingly supportive in principle, if not in detail) stance on each of those recommendations
The BIS press release is here and the Government response document is here. From the press release: