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The Quoted Companies Alliance |
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Successes |
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Who's Who |
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FAQs |
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Annual General Meeting |
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Executive Committee |
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Technical Committees |
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- Financial Reporting |
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- Corporate Governance |
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- Legal |
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- Markets & Regulations |
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- Corporate Finance Advisors |
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- Share Schemes |
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- Tax |
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Working Groups |
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- Marketing & Comms |
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Statistics |
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Deciding to Float |
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Choosing a Market |
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Glossary |
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Research |
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Useful Websites |
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MiFID |
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Transparency Directive |
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Companies Act |
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Shareholder Rights Directive |
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Climate Change Act |
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Going Concern |
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Consultation Responses |
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QCA Calendar of Events 2010 |
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Annual Events |
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Annual Dinner |
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Q&A with the QCA |
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Fund Manager Lunches |
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Directors' Lunch Club |
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Non-Executive Director Programme |
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Analyst Breakfasts |
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Market Maker Events |
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Other SQC Events |
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Media Coverage |
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Press Releases |
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QCA Guidance Booklets |
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QCA-IRS Option Valuer |
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Newsround |
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Subscribe to Newsround |
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Voice |
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Other Publications |
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Membership List |
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Benefits |
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How to Join |
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QCA - NED Scheme |
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Successes Who's Who FAQs Annual General Meeting Executive Committee Technical Committees - Financial Reporting - Corporate Governance - Legal - Markets & Regulations - Corporate Finance Advisors - Share Schemes - Tax Working Groups - Marketing & Comms |
About Us
The QCA is a highly regarded, not-for-profit organisation that was formed exclusively to represent the interests of small and mid-cap quoted companies. These are those companies outside the FTSE 350 listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange together with those quoted on AIM and PLUS markets. Our objective is to promote the interests of the small and mid-cap quoted company sector by:
We are committed to the continuance of vibrant capital markets for quoted companies and believe that the sector has a vital part to play in determining the health of the UK economy in the future. For more on the QCA and our successes, click here to download our flyer (pdf). Our History The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) was formed in 1992 as a reaction to the abolition of the Unlisted Securities Market (USM). A group of SQC advisors formed The City Group for Smaller Companies (CISCO) to lobby the London Stock Exchange to introduce a junior market that could be used for entrepreneurial companies to raise equity funding, without the need to undertake the costly and time consuming requirements of a Main Market listing. This pressure resulted in our first major win - the establishment of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). In 2000, CISCO changed its name to the The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA). The QCA is a founding member of EuropeanIssuers, a pan-European organisation representing the interests of publicly quoted companies, with a secretariat in Brussels. The QCA is a board member and a key participant of its Smaller Issuers Committee. Being part of EuropeanIssuers ensures that the QCA has an early influence in Brussels, as many UK regulations are now created there. |
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