FCA updates, adds to and removes position limits
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has updated the MiFID II position limits previously announced. The updated page can be found here and the spreadsheet here. Last month, ESMA and the National…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has updated the MiFID II position limits previously announced. The updated page can be found here and the spreadsheet here. Last month, ESMA and the National…
ESMA has issued several updated Questions and Answers documents on MiFID II: Commodity Derivatives (here) Data Reporting (here) Investor Protection (here) The commodity derivatives answers cover the topics of position…
Both ISDA and the ECB have recently published comments on the legislative proposal issued by the European Commission earlier this year (see here) which aims to change the level 1…
ETR Advisory has announced the relaunch of their Regulatory Support Service, which allows customers to benefit from ETR Advisory's experience and expertise for a fixed monthly fee. Clients can "pick and…
With the start of MiFID II less than 2 months away, there have been a few developments in the position limits and reporting streams of work, which apply to all…
The CFTC has fined Cargill $10m for the misreporting of marks to SDRs and counterparties. The CFTC's press release can be found here. According to the press release, the order finds…
EFET and the FIA have published a schema which can be used for enhanced reporting of commodity derivatives and emissions positions under MiFID II. The press release can be found…
The global financial, commodity and energy markets have seen increased scrutiny from regulators over the last few months, particularly in terms of anti manipulation activity. In Europe, rule sets such…
The new EMIR Regulatory Technical Standard will officially go into effect tomorrow, on the 1st November 2017. However, many Trade Repositories have implemented the new formats slightly earlier (see here).…
EEX and Powernext have announced that their current "non MTF" (Multilateral Trading Facility) venues will run with "Organised Trading Facility" status from the start of MiFID II, on 3rd January…