ACER updates reporting and other documents
ACER has today issued several updated documents relating to REMIT. The majority of the updates comprise a significant update to the reporting documents. There is also an updated REMIT Questions…
Updates: ETS in the EU and UK – EU Position management
ESMA has released this final report on emissions allowances and associated derivatives. The report looks at the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in Europe and how the process and markets in…
UK TR approved, Ofgem REMIT statements updated, coupling and more
The REGIS TR UK EMIR Trade Repository has received a full licence, as announced here. The TR has been available for use since the end of the Brexit transitional period,…
Market situation: Requests for intervention
The current market situation has caused increased margin calls to be issued to many market participants. This article on the Financial Times web site reports that EFET have requested that…
Update from the FCA on Ancillary Activity Test
Following the consultation opened on the method for UK entities to carry out the MIFID II Ancillary Activity Test recently(see here), the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued this…
FCA proposes changes to current Ancillary Activity Test
Following on from the publication of the response to the Wholesale Market Review (see here), the FCA has included a section on the MIFID II Ancillary Activity Test in their…
Response published to UK Wholesale Markets Review and a comment on MAR with respect to the Ukraine situation
The UK's HM Treasury has published this response to the Wholesale Markets Review that was run last summer(see here). The review looks at potential changes to MIFID II and other…