Company news is the lifeblood of the equity market – it animates securities and drives trading. RNS and other Regulatory Information Services play a key role in disseminating company news. All companies listed on the UK Listing Authority’s Official List and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) must first release information that might affect the price of their shares through a Regulatory Information Service to ensure equal access – these disclosures are known as regulatory announcements. The scope of regulatory announcements includes periodic information, such as interim and final results, as well as occasional and other ad hoc information such as director’s share dealings, mergers and acquisition information and operational updates.
There are 3 sources for the rules governing disclosure by listed companies in the UK:
• The Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority
• The Alternative Investment Market Rules
• The Panel on Takeover and Mergers (POTAM) Rules
Additionally certain public and statutory bodies, such as the Financial Services Authority, are able to disseminate information via Regulatory Information Services. On average more than 500 regulatory announcements are disseminated every business day.
The Market news service on the London Stock Exchange website is updated in real time and displays announcements provided by all Regulatory Information Services. RNS announcements are tagged “RNS” in the “Source” column.
RNS Reach is an investor communication service for the delivery of non-regulatory news such as marketing messages, corporate and product information. RNS Reach is based on the existing RNS service and has the same levels of efficiency, control and broad dissemination.
RNS Reach also enables unlisted and foreign-listed companies to deliver their news to a professional UK financial audience. RNS Reach announcements are tagged “RNS-R” in the “Source” column of the Market news service.
AFX UK Focus
AFX News Ltd is one of the world's leading financial news agencies. The real-time, comprehensive and trusted business and financial news services are designed to meet the requirements of the international banking and investor community. AFX UK Focus is a comprehensive and extensive financial news service providing private investors, financial advisers and back-office specialists with the means to keep up with the latest financial news affecting the UK markets and their investments.
With 300-500 time-delayed news items per work day and up to 100 time-delayed news items on Sundays, it is specifically designed to cater to your needs.
The service is sharply focused on company news allied with frequent and comprehensive stock market updates. In addition, AFX UK Focus supplies all the economic, political and general news you need to manage UK investments.
AFX UK Focus coverage includes:
- Expert coverage of equities from market specialists around the world
- Full coverage of all UK quoted companies
- Ratings changes on company debt
- Macroeconomics - fast, comprehensive and accurate coverage of all UK economic indicators.
- Outlooks of economic data giving market expectations
- “At-a-glance” outlooks for all major markets.