REMIT settlement of 6M GBP in GB
Ofgem, the National regulatory Authority of Great Britain, today announced a settlement of 6 million pounds for an alleged inadvertent infringement of REMIT Article 5 relating to the Carrington asset…
Ofgem, the National regulatory Authority of Great Britain, today announced a settlement of 6 million pounds for an alleged inadvertent infringement of REMIT Article 5 relating to the Carrington asset…
Following a longer than expected break, here is a catch up on anti abuse activities of interest over the past weeks since our previous post on the topic here. The…
Last week, ACER issued a new Quarterly newsletter (see here) and also a new version of the REMIT Questions and Answers document (see here). There is also an update on…
ACER has published the 6th edition of the REMIT Guidance, which provides support for most aspects of the regulation, other than reporting. The new Guidance can be found here. The…
ESMA has launched a consultation on its draft Guidelines for derivatives reporting under EMIR. The document can be found here. It follows the report issued by ESMA in December 2020,…
ESMA has issued opinions on three position limits under MIFID II with gas underlyings. Opinions are issued following the position limits being set by the National Competent Authority (NCA) in…
Last week the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued this statement which announced that MIFID II position limits will no longer be applied to cash settled commodity derivatives. Position limits…
Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) has opened a consultation, the "Wholesale Markets Review", which primarily covers the future application of MIFID II in the UK, now that a separate jurisdiction exists…
A UK based trader formerly of Deutsche Bank has been sentenced to a year and a day in US prison for spoofing on the Comex exchange in precious metals futures.…
Almost 6 months have passed since the end of the Brexit "transitional phase". Since then, the signs that EU and UK regulation will continue to diverge have continued, especially in…