- Access to investors
- Campaigning on key policy and regulatory issues
- Best practice guides
- Technical seminars and networking events
- Up-to-date news and information
Useful Links
Below are a series of links to other websites that are relevant to and provide useful information for the small and mid-cap quoted sector.
Please note the QCA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Organisations
A pan-European organisation representing the majority of publicly quoted companies in Europe. Includes news briefings on regulatory updates throughout the EU.
Association of British Insurers
Financial services trade association, representing the interests of the UK’s insurance industry. Provides publications for both shareholders and issuers.
Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS)
Association of firms who deal in stocks and shares for private investors.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
Professional body of accountants. Provides information about governance, auditing, financial reporting and tax, including:
- Appraising Your Auditors - A guide to the assessment and appointment of auditors
Non-Executives Directors Association
Group representing the interests of NEDs. Produces useful information for NEDs, available for purchase, including:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Professional accountancy body. Provides in-depth information about financial reporting, corporate governance, corporate responsibility, tax, regulations and auditing, including:
- Guidance for Audit Committees
- Implementing Turnbull - A Boardroom Briefing
- The Financial Reporting Faculty
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
Professional body for company secretaries and authority on corporate governance issues. Provides detailed public guidance on governance, including:
Institutions and Government
UK central bank, working to ensure monetary and financial stability.
Executive branch of the European Union
The UK’s economics and finance ministry – responsible for forming and implementing financial and economic policy.
Responsible for collecting and administering taxes in the UK.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Government department covering company law, trade, business growth, employment law, regional economic development and consumer law.
Regulators
United Kingdom Listing Authority (UKLA)
FSA-based competent listing authority. Provides information on the UK's Listing Rules.
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Independent body that regulates the UK's financial industry. Provides an online library of all documents published, including:
Markets
Creates and manages equity, bond, alternative asset class indices.
Operates equity markets in the UK, including:
Also has useful information on:
Operates equity markets for small and mid cap companies, including PLUS-quoted (exchange regulated market) and PLUS-listed (EU regulated market.
Operates equity markets throughout the world, most notably Euronext (in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon) and NYSE (New York Stock Exchange).
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News
Fund Manager Lunch Programme 2012 announced 13th February 2012
Our Fund Manager Lunch Programme for 2012 has been announced and we are now...
Get involved in our 20th anniversary through sponsorship 13th February 2012
As part of our 20th year, we have a number of great sponsorship opportunities...
Director know how - what you should know about upcoming rule changes 13th February 2012
Director know how is a new monthly feature that highlights key issues directors should...
2012 campaigns focus on growth for small and mid-cap companies 10th February 2012
With the new year, we have outlined the Quoted Companies Alliance's six key campaigns...
QCA soon to publish Remuneration Committee Guide for Smaller Quoted Companies 10th February 2012
With executive pay being debated in Government and continuing to make the headlines, the...
Events
Corporate Governance Roundtable
The Quoted Companies Alliance and Capita Company Secretarial Services are pleased to annouce the next roundtable discussion in its bi-annual programme for directors and company secretaries of smaller Main Market and AIM companies.
Directors' Lunch Club 2012
The QCA Directors' Lunch Club provides an open discussion on current market issues from a varied selection of experienced speakers. There will be six lunches throughout the year all taking place at the head office of Coutts & Co in London.
Guides
Corporate Governance Guidelines for Smaller Quoted Companies (September 2010) - Downloadable PDF
This guide supersedes the QCA's Corporate Governance Guidelines for AIM Companies (February 2007) and Guidance for Smaller Quoted Companies - The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (August 2004). It has been updated to incorporate recent revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code and to make these guidelines relevant to AIM and PLUS quoted companies, as well as standard listed companies. This is a downloadable PDF.
Corporate Governance Guidelines for Smaller Quoted Companies (September 2010)
This guide supersedes the QCA's Corporate Governance Guidelines for AIM Companies (February 2007) and Guidance for Smaller Quoted Companies - The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (August 2004). It has been updated to incorporate recent revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code and to make these guidelines relevant to AIM and PLUS quoted companies, as well as standard listed companies.