More MiFID II pushback -from the “agri” sector
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…
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…
ACER yesterday published the 18th version of the Questions and Answers document on REMIT, although it was dated 31st August. The document can be found here. It contains the following new…
Last year, the result of the EMIR review led to the recommendation of several changes by ESMA and others. Some of the recommendations resulted in a new EMIR Regulatory Technical Standard…
The story behind the start of the rules on uncleared margin continued to unfold last week, with an announcement by the three ESAs (European Supervisory Authorities, i.e. ESMA, EBA and…
On 28th July 2016, the European Commission published the final version of Regulatory Technical Standard(RTS) 22 of MiFID II, which specifies the way in which Investment Firms must report data…
It has been several weeks since the UK voted to leave the European Union ("Brexit"). At the time, the FCA announced that firms should plan to implement MiFID II as…
Last week, the Financial Stability Board issued their second annual report on the progress of global financial reform, looking in particular at the fulfilment of the commitments made at the…
Last week the FCA published the latest minutes of the last MiFID II implementation round-table, which can be found here. There are a few interesting points to note for energy…
Yesterday, 1st September, was the date on which rules around margin on uncleared OTC derivatives were supposed to take effect for the largest counterparties across the globe. The principles of…
See here for an article on the Complinet web site written by Reuters which highlights further push back by certain MEPs on the revised Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 21 on…