The UK’s financial regulator is planning to overhaul its listing rules in a bid to entice more companies — and tech companies in particular — to list on the London Stock Exchange. But tech investors and founders say the changes alone won’t be enough to entice fast-growing companies to choose the financial hub as a base over the US.
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