ESMA responds to the Commission’s send back of RTS’s
ESMA last night issued responses to the European Commission's letters to it asking that three of the MiFID II RTS's, including 20 and 21 on the ancillary activity test and…
Reactions to the sending back of the MiFID II RTS’s
Following last Thursday's sending back of three Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under MiFID, there have been widespread reports and reactions. The RTS's sent back include numbers 20 and 21, regarding…
Latest version of approved RRM list published
ACER have today published the latest version of the approved RRM list by data type, which can be found here. It follows yesterday's announcement by EFETNet that they have gained…
EFETNet gets REMIT reporting approval for all formats
See here for a press release from EFETNet announcing that they have received approval for all of the formats that market participants may need to use to carry out REMIT…
MiFID II RTS’s sent back
See here for an article on the swissinfo website from Bloomberg reporting that several Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) have been "sent back" to ESMA by the European Commission. In particular, it…
German ministry says that MiFID II delay is insufficient
See here for an article on the Bloomberg web site which reports the German Finance Ministry's objection to the manner in which the MiFID II delay has been set up. There…
Not much news from the FCA on MiFID Implementing Measures
See here for a copy of the minutes of the last FCA MiFID II Implementation Trade Association round table meeting. As can be seen from one of the first items,…
LNG clarity desired under REMIT
See here for an article on the ICIS web site which discusses the issues surrounding the reporting of LNG under REMIT. While LNG is explicitly mentioned in the Implementing Act…
SFTR Discussion Paper issued by ESMA
ESMA have issued a discussion paper on SFTR, the Security Financing Transaction Reporting rules. The paper can be found here. SFTR requires that all securities financing transactions be reported to…
Latest RRM approval list published by ACER
ACER have updated their "approved RRM by datatype" list with the latest version being available here. There are now a few more major RRMs who have been approved for table…