Market abuse update
While there has not been a large fine levied so far in 2021, a few anti abuse pieces of news are of note: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has…
SFTR reporting starts for NFCs
Reporting under the Securities Financing Transaction Reporting regulation (SFTR) started yesterday for Non Financial Counterparties (see here). The scope of SFTR includes “commodities lending”, which could be taken to include…
2021 – Another year of regulation begins
As in previous years, as 2021 opens, this first post will consider what could keep us busy in the regulatory world of energy and commodity trading, focused on Europe. More of…