UK power procurement via new capacity market
The UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change today made this announcement about the procurement plans for power via the new Capacity Market.
Article on coping strategies for MiFID II
See this page on Risk.Net about potential strategies for coping with MiFID II for those in the commodities and energy sector. The article focuses on the definition of instruments and how…
Updated Questions and Answers document published today by ESMA
ESMA today released a new version of the EMIR Questions and Answers document which can be downloaded from here. The focus is on valuations and collateral reporting which is to…
Article about UTIs and the hoped for “Global UTI”
An interesting page here on DerivSource with an interview of a representative of the ISDA Reference Data Working Group about UTIs. In particular the work of a globally accepted UTI offers some…
CFTC’s stance towards EMIR
See this interesting article discussing the stance by the CFTC towards EMIR/Dodd Frank equivalence, which could create sum problems for those trading under both jurisdictions.
REMIT Public Workshop at ACER
ACER have announced a public meeting at their premises in Ljubljana on 16th July, to cover RRM requirements, aspects of the Trade Reporting User Manual (TRUM) and participant registration.This meeting will,…
MiFID II published in the EU Official Journal
MiFID II has this week been published in the EU Official Journal. This means that it enters into force on 2 July 2014. The rules enter into effect 30 months after…
REMIT Implementing Act targeted for adoption “in the Autumn”
Fresh off the press at the ACER conference, the target time for the REMIT Implementing Act being adopted has just been announced as "in the Autumn". This delays trade reporting…
Another good MiFID II summary
See here for another good summary, this time from De Brauw Blackstone WestBroek, on MiFID II. The commodities part is at the bottom.
ESMA open hearing on MiFID II
ESMA have announced an open hearing on MiFID two over 3 separate sessions in July in Paris, including one on Commodity Derivatives. Details can be found here.