Awaiting MiFID II news
The market still awaits confirmation of several MiFID II related pieces of news. At this juncture we still await news of whether the one year delay that has been widely…
Another article on SFTR
Following yesterday's post introducing the Securities Finance Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and how it affects the commodities markets, Baringa have also written this post on the topic. We can expect more…
SFTR – How will it affect the commodities markets?
The Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) was adopted by the European Parliament in November 2015 and published in the official journal on 23 December 2015, which means that it came into force…
REMIT public workshop – and E-world
ACER have recently announced a public workshop in Ljubljana (here), focused on phase 2 of REMIT reporting. It is likely that the workshop will cover some of the many outstanding…
We’re back -Talk of further MiFID II delays
This blog is now back after an unexpected "outage" due to unforeseen circumstances. Last Monday saw Steven Maijoor, chair of ESMA, make comments, reported here on the Reuters website, that…
Software for publishing inside information under REMIT
Powel AG have issued this press release announcing a module of their software to publish inside information under REMIT. The software allows inside information to be reported as required by REMIT…
New ACER Q+A and quarterly
ACER issued the latest version of the REMIT Questions and Answers document on REMIT (here) on Friday, together with a new REMIT Quarterly (here). The Questions and Answers document contains…
EFETNet to offer transportation and fundamental data reporting under REMIT
EFETNet have announced that they will support the reporting of data for gas and power transportation and capacity trades, as well as fundamental data that is to be reported by market participants. The announcement…
Welcome to 2016
Today is the first working day of 2016, which promises to see a great deal of regulatory activity that market participants need to be aware of and prepare for. Here…