09:00  Welcome and introduction

• FTSE 100 competition

Putting London Stock Exchange into context

• Brief background of today’s diversified London Stock Exchange Group

Primary markets

• EU, UKLA and LSEG regulatory structure in capital markets
• How and why issuers float in London
• Overview of roles of professional adviser community in London IPOs

10:30  Refreshment break

10:45  London Stock Exchange choice of Primary markets

• Main Market
• AIM
• Professional Securities Market (PSM) & Specialist Fund Market (SFM)
• Group practical exercise
    

Secondary markets

• What instruments are traded? (Bonds, shares, ETFs/ETCs, DRs etc)
• Who are the key market participants and how do they interact?

12:30  Break

13:30  Secondary markets

• ‘SETS’ electronic order-book trading: watch real-time market screens
• Quote-driven trading: watch real-time market screens
• LSEG ‘Turquoise”: dark pools of liquidity
• Group practical exercise

15:15  Refreshment break

15:30  Regulation

• How listed and quoted companies must disseminate inside information
• Market abuse regime in UK and LSEG’s role in monitoring markets

 Market close

• How closing prices are determined and why this is important
• Live demonstration of closing auction process

16.45  Review/Q&A & FTSE100 competition results

17:00  Close