More push back on position limits
See here for an article on the Complinet web site written by Reuters which highlights further push back by certain MEPs on the revised Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 21 on…
Updated technical standards table published by ESMA
ESMA have updated their table which shows the status of Technical Standards across different EU financial legislation. It can be found here. There is clearly a large September workload for both the European…
Uncleared margin rules to start in some jurisdictions in September
The new rules on the application of variation and initial market on uncleared OTC derivatives will be starting in September in certain jurisdictions, including the US and Japan. However many…
MAR, messengers and more
MAR, which started on 3rd July this year, requires most market participants to run "effective monitoring" within their organisations, comprising process, technology, training and suspicious transaction reporting. Amongst the items…
Regulatory panel finalised at CTRM Conference
The regulatory panel at the CTRM Conference in London on 27th October has been finalised. The announcement can be found here, and conference details here. The panel will focus on…
Rocket edition 7 available
The 7th electronic edition of "Rocket" magazine is available for download from The OTC Space web site here.Rocket focuses on clearing, operations and back office issues, primarily for financial services.…
Investigations and fines
The start of MAR on July 3rd and passing of the final REMIT data collection deadline of 6th July (backloading) has sharpened the focus on anti abuse measures at many…
More on EEX and Powernext’s “Non MTFs”
EEX and Powernext launched several "Non MTF" trading platforms on 1st July. Unlike trades executed on Regulated Markets (exchanges), physical forwards executed on these platforms are not necessarily "financial instruments"…
MAR Webinar
Energy Risk will be hosting a webinar entitled "Market Abuse Regulation: Compliance for Energy Firms" on 24th August. Details of the FIS Global sponsored webinar can be found here. The webinar…
More on the EMIR changes and a look at repository data
Last November ESMA published a new Regulatory Technical Standard outlining significant changes in the EMIR reporting formats. EMIR reporting has been in place since February 2014 and has seen two…