Traders indicted in metals futures spoofing case
Two traders formerly of Deutsche Bank have been indicted by a court in the US for "spoofing" in metals futures, according to this article on the Reuters web site. The…
More documents from ACER – and transaction reporting FAQ contents
Following the publication of several documents by ACER last week(see here), the latest version of the "REMIT Quarterly has been published, which can be found here. The newsletter focuses on…
REMIT documents: Open letter, transaction reporting FAQ and others
ACER has released several new documents over the past few days, including an updated transaction reporting FAQ document which was released today and can be found here. Yesterday, ACER released…
Brexit – The story continues
The activity around Brexit continues, with several important events taking place since our last post here. In particular, last week, the UK Government released their white paper on the proposed…
Large manipulation fine in agricultural trading and more
The spate of anti abuse activity has continued since our last post (see here). The CFTC has settled with Lansing Trade Group LLC for $3.4 million, in a physical-financial manipulation…
EMIR: New Q+A and movement in REFIT
Updated EMIR Questions and Answers document ESMA yesterday released this updated version of the questions and answer document relating to EMIR. The key answer of interest is TR 40 on…
Regulatory consequences – MiFID II and others
Some consequences of MiFID II and other regulatory activity, such as Brexit is beginning to be felt in several quarters: This article on the Reuters web site reports that the…
Blockchain and Crypto update: Reality begins to bite
There have been several developments in the Blockchain and crypto currency world since our last update (see here). This article by DLA Piper on the Lexology web site reports that…
MiFID II is six months old
Six months ago today, MiFID II started to apply, on the 3rd January 2018. The "go live" day was met with much anticipation in the energy and commodities world (see here),…
Brexit update – Much activity but no certainty
The political activity around Brexit continues, with the coming week seeing a "Brexit cabinet meeting" in the UK (see here on the BBC web site) following a meeting between the…