Since our last post on blockchain and crypto currency regulation (see here) there have been increased reports of some scepticism in terms of the use of blockchain across different applications.…
There have been a few developments in the Brexit story since our last post here. On the political level, the story continues to dominate the headlines in the UK, with…
While there has been little news on the MiFID II side of things recently for those in energy and commodities, there has been movement in the wider financial world since…
We are back after a short break for the summer. Last week, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority published this research note into the thresholds used in EMIR for Financial Counterparties…
ESMA has updated the spreadsheet that defines that validations used for EMIR reporting. The updated sheet can be found here. The changes will apply from 5th November. The following fields…
There have been a few more articles relating to Brexit, as seem from the energy and commodity trading world since our last post on the topic (see here). On the…
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has issued the results of a "Behavioural Cluster Analysis" on misconduct patterns in the financial markets. The key document can be found here, with…
There has been a great deal of activity on the Brexit side of things since our last post (see here). In addition to the ongoing political activity, there have been…