ESMA has opened a consultation on the portability of data between EMIR trade repositories, which can be found here. The accompanying press release explains that standards need to be put…
ESMA has issued two new sets of Questions and Answers on MiFID II: Market Transparency (here) - Including items on pre-trade transparency and systematic internalisers. Market Structures (here) - including…
ESMA has written this letter to the DG FISMA of the European Commission, reiterating the changes that were recommended in the response to the EMIR review in August 2015. Some…
Last week saw the CEER/ACER conference (see here) which followed the release of the "Winter Package" last November(see here). The package contains several legislative proposals which aim to reform Europe's…
Following its adoption by the European Commission a few weeks ago(see here), the amended Regulatory technical Standard (RTS) on EMIR reporting has now been published in the Official Journal of the…
ESMA have published translations of the MAR "guidelines on information relating to commodity derivatives markets or relates spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information" (see here for…
ESMA have published this briefing document on data reporting under MiFID II. The note includes a table of the various types of reporting under the rules, although it excludes Position…
It has been reported that opposition to Regulatory Technical Standard 21, which specifies the rules around position limits under MiFID II, has emerged, according to this article on the ICIS Regulation…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UKs National Competent Authority, have issued this "application and notification" user guide for MiFID II, which commences on 3rd January 2018. Overall it outlines…
The year is beginning to get going and many are beginning to think about MiFID II, which commences in under a year. There are still many outstanding questions on RTS…