Our series of guidance booklets.
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is a not-for-profit trade organisation that works for small and mid-cap quoted companies in the UK and Europe to promote and maintain vibrant, healthy and liquid capital markets.
We have called on the Government to urgently review whether the UK's primary equity markets are fit for purpose in a letter sent today to the Chancellor George Osborne MP and Business Secretary Vince Cable MP.
Our third survey of the QCA/BDO Small and Mid-Cap Sentiment Index is underway and we want your input and support, so we can take your voice to Government.
'Director know how' is a monthly article which highlights key rule changes, proposed changes and market updates so that you know what is coming down the track. This month we note the new proposals on executive pay, potential quotas for women on boards and the Office of Tax Simplification's proposals to simplify approved share schemes.
Relatively underwhelming, but some good news on the Enterprise Management Incentives - we have rounded up the key announcements in the Chancellor's 2012 Budget and done some analysis. Find out what may be of interest to small and mid-cap quoted companies.
Quoted Companies Alliance CEO Tim Ward comments in Financial Director's online blog on the different levels of optimism and pessimism between companies and advisors as shown in our recent QCA/BDO Small and Mid-Cap Sentiment Index.
With executive pay being hotly debated, the Quoted Companies Alliance's latest guide - Remuneration Committee Guide for Smaller Quoted Companies - aims to help companies develop a bespoke and appropriate remuneration policy and communicate it to their investors. Find out how to get your copy.
The QCA Corporate Finance Advisors Committee deals with issues that affect the primary markets for small and mid-cap quoted companies. It was originally set up in 2004 to deal with the specific issues faced by AIM companies and has now broadened its remit to represent corporate finance issues on all markets for smaller quoted companies. For more details, please click here.
The QCA Corporate Governance Committee lobbies the relevant regulators to ensure that the specific needs of small and mid-cap quoted companies are considered when drawing up new corporate governance guidelines. For more details, please click here.
The QCA Financial Reporting Committee liaises with the ASB and IASB regarding the introduction of new accounting standards and changes to current standards and their implications for small and mid-cap quoted companies. For more details, please click here.
The QCA Legal Committee is responsible for reviewing all changes to Company Law, as well as checking the detailed wording of the various regulations to ensure that they do not disadvantage small and mid-cap quoted companies. For more details, please click here.
The QCA Markets & Regulations Committee deals with lobbying work arising from the European and UK government and regulators, drafting responses to their consultation papers that affect equity markets. For more details, please click here.
The QCA Tax Committee lobbies various UK Government departments, including Treasury, HMRC and BIS, to introduce measures that encourage investment in the smaller quoted company sector and reduce the tax burden. For more details, please click here.
Join us at our inaugural one-day conference for the 'engines of growth' - the small and mid-cap quoted company community. Company directors, advisors and investors - come together, network with peers, share experiences, hear from policymakers and key market players, and influence the debate about how this important sector can help drive economic recovery in the UK.
With the executive remuneration debate heating up, we are holding a roundtable event for company directors to discuss the key issues you need to consider in setting and communicating pay and to launch our new Remuneration Committee Guide for Smaller Quoted Companies.
Just how do market makers operate and how do they set the price? Ever wanted to meet the people who make a market in your stocks? Come along to a QCA Market Maker Event to find out.
This guide aims to provide practical guidance to smaller quoted companies on how to develop a bespoke, appropriate approach to remuneration. The guide covers the objectives of the remuneration committee, factors to consider in setting remuneration policy, communicating with shareholders, and remuneration committee membership, organisation and functions. This is a downloadable PDF.