The Regulatory News Service (RNS) is a British filing service that collects and transmits regulatory and non-regulatory information published by
public companies
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( ...
to investors. This allows public companies to comply with ''ongoing disclosure'' or ''continues disclosure'' requirements. Publicly listed companies are required to release all material information to all investors at the same time to avoid disadvantaging some investors and avoid
insider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider informati ...
. This may also be required for transparency legislation.
RNS provides a service to public companies to meet this requirement. Investor and
financial data vendor
A financial data vendor provides market data to financial firms, traders, and investors. The data distributed is collected from sources such as stock exchange feeds, brokers and dealer desks or regulatory filings (e.g. an SEC filing).
History
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can get access to this service to receive these filings.
RNS is designated under United Kingdom rules as ''Primary Information Provider'', which is an organisation that has been recognised by the UK financial regulator as allowing to collect and distributes such information to meet regulatory requirements. RNS is owned by the
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...
and , distributed over 70% of UK company news and results announcements and over 40% of the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on behalf of
FTSE 100
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie" , is the United Kingdom's best-known stock market index of the 100 most market capitalisation, highly capitalised ...
companies, amounting to over 1,000 announcements a day.
See also
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EDGAR
Edgar is a commonly used masculine English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Edgar'' (composed of ''wikt:en:ead, ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''Gar (spear), gar'' "spear").
Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the Late Midd ...
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Insider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider informati ...
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Listed company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( ...
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Market data
In finance, market data is price and other related data for a financial instrument reported by a trading venue such as a stock exchange. Market data allows traders and investors to know the latest price and see historical trends for instruments ...
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SEC filing
The SEC filing is a financial statement or other formal document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Public companies, certain insiders, and broker-dealers are required to make regular SEC filings. Investors and fina ...
References
External links
Official RNS website
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Works about business
Financial news agencies
London Stock Exchange
News agencies based in the United Kingdom