SFTR for NFCs cancelled in UK – and other Brexit divergences
On Tuesday 23rd June Rishi Sunak, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, issued this statement providing updates on how Financial Services regulations will be applied in the UK once the…
Deutsche Bank fined $10.25m for spoofing and reporting failures
Last week the CFTC announced here that a settlement has been reached with Deutsche Bank for two enforcement matters relating to spoofing and reporting. The reporting issue is covered by…
EMIR REFIT part 2 goes live
Last week, on 17th June, the next stage of the EMIR "REFIT" programme came into effect (see here for the original post). This was the requirement that Financial Counterparties (FC)…
Market abuse catchup – REMIT fine, inside information guidelines and more
There has been a great deal of anti abuse activity taking place since this blog "took a break" a few weeks ago. Some of the news includes the following: ACER…
Brexit: UK to run own ETS – will it link to the EU ETS?
The UK’s Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that a standalone Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will run in the UK after Brexit, replacing the European ETS…
ESMA updates opinion on position limits with respect to third country positions
Last week ESMA updated the opinion document on determining third-country trading venues for the purpose of position limits under MiFID II. The new document can be found here. The document…
New book available
A new book by Aviv Handler on the rules covered by this blog is now available from the publisher, Risk Books. The book is titled "Navigating European Energy and Commodity…
Blog restart – EMIR REFIT Q+A
This blog is restarting today after a few weeks' absence due to personal circumstances. Over the coming days "catch up" posts will be published, as well as a special announcement…