Threat of a Section 166 Reports goes beyond Financial Services
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 20:27 Under recent proposals by the UK Government, regulators will have the power to force any public company to hire external experts to undertake expensive reports – so called section 166 reports - on its controls or governance if they have questions connected to its listing or transactions under proposals in the draft financial reform bill.
The government proposal would extend the Financial Services Authority’s power to commission section 166 reports beyond the financial services sector to any company listed on a UK exchange, its directors or its sponsor.
The power would be wielded by the planned Financial Conduct Authority, which will supervise markets and consumer protection after the FSA is broken up in 2013. Read the full story on the FT.com here
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