Simplification will affect the rules, information requirements and indexes of floating companies on regulated and alternative markets.

The European Commission (EC) will this week launch its programme to simplify legislation on stock exchanges by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Per-Ove Engelbrecht, head of the Financing Innovation and SMEs department at the EC, in a speech at the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association said the simplification would affect the rules, information requirements and indexes of regulated and alternative markets.

In March, Fabrice Demarigny, a capital markets consultant, published a report recommending the launch next year of…