News on the Ancillary Activity test
The energy and commodity trading sector have long awaited news on the next version of Regulatory Technical Standard 20 of MiFID II, which outlines how the "Ancillary Activity test" will…
The energy and commodity trading sector have long awaited news on the next version of Regulatory Technical Standard 20 of MiFID II, which outlines how the "Ancillary Activity test" will…
The start of the rules around the mandatory margining of bilateral derivatives which requires those caught to exchange initial and variation margin on bilateral derivatives, was initially set to start worldwide,…
Following an announcement last week, Ancoa will be running a webinar on "MAR and surveillance for energy trading firms" on 19th October. Details can be found here. FERDEC have also…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, the UK NCA), have issued a third consultation paper for MiFID II and MiFIR, which can be found here. This document of nearly 600 pages…
ETR Advisory will be providing further courses on regulatory topics together with Entrima in November in Amsterdam. Two courses will be run: MIFID II - A look at the topics…
ACER published the 5th version of the transaction reporting FAQ on Monday 26th September, which can be found here. It contains some interesting guidance which can be summarised as follows…
ACER yesterday issued a new Transaction Reporting FAQ document, which can be found here. A fuller post looking at the changes will follow (Update: the changes are documented in this…
Trayport and Ancoa have just issued this press release announcing that Ancoa have become a Trayport Certified Software Provider (CSP). The certification covers a link between Ancoa's surveillance software and…
Although there has been push back on the final version of the rules (see here ) the start date of the MiFID II position limits draws closer. Unavista have announced this offering…
See here for a letter from a consortium of industry associations in the agricultural sector pushing back against several aspects of the MiFID II Ancillary Activity test (RTS 20) and…