New REMIT documents made available
ACER has recently updated the REMIT portal with new versions of several documents, including: ACER REMIT Information System Data Validation Document - Describes in detail the validation rules that apply…
Brexit update – positions forming but details still missing
With the political debate both within the UK and outside raging, there have been a few developments of note to the energy and commodities markets since our last post here.…
MiFID II – How is it going? – Position limits, algos and more
As week 9 of MiFID II starts, many are getting used to the rules being in force. However there are many questions still unanswered: It has been reported that the…
The FCA’s Regtech Call for Input
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority yesterday issued a "call for input" on "Using technology to achieve smarter regulatory reporting", which can be found here. The paper describes a "Techsprint" which…
Blockchain and Crypto regulatory update: ICOs, political comments and more
There have been many announcements and stories around the regulatory side of blockchain use since our last post (see here): ICOs Finma, the financial regulator of Switzerland has issued these…
New REMIT Quarterly – more cases opened
ACER has issued the latest "REMIT Quarterly", covering Q4 2017, which can be found here. It covers a few interesting recent aspects of REMIT: 21 new cases were opened in…
MiFID II – more developments
We are now in week 6 of MiFID II. Although the announcements have settled down, we now see a few pieces of news since our last post that point to…
Algorithmic trading – FCA report and more
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday issued this report on "Algorithmic Trading Compliance in Wholesale markets. It reviews the requirements of MiFID II, MAR and local legislation for those…
Brexit news: TRs, Internal Energy Market and more
While the political stances of both the UK and the EU are widely reported (for example here on Sky News), practical considerations for market participants becomes ever more important as…
MiFID II update – 1st week of February – new limits and more (updated)
MiFID II has been in place for over a month. While the rules are "settling in", there have been various developments since our last post (see here). On the position…