MiFID II is one year old
It is one year today since MiFID II started to apply, on 3rd January 2018. The rule-set affects those in energy and commodities in different degrees, depending on whether any…
It is one year today since MiFID II started to apply, on 3rd January 2018. The rule-set affects those in energy and commodities in different degrees, depending on whether any…
As the working year of 2019 opens, it is worth taking a few moments to consider what will keep us busy in the regulatory world of energy and commodity trading…
As 2018 draws to a close, it is worth briefly reflecting where we stand in the world of regulation, as applied to energy and commodity trading: We opened the year…
As the political side of the "brexit" process continues to twist and turn (see for example here on Sky News), there have been more developments affecting those in energy and…
Last week, the European Commission adopted several level II texts relating to the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). The rules require that transactions in repurchase agreements, securities lending/borrowing, commodities lending/borrowing,…
ETR Advisory and the Market Abuse Centre will jointly organise an open "anti abuse" forum for the energy and commodities industries, to run in London on Monday 11th March 2019. This discussion forum…
On Friday the Danish Utility Regulator announced that Danmark Energi has been fined 750,000 Danish Krone as well as a charge of 354,000 Danish Krone for disgorgement, for a breach…
The general news around Brexit has been very active in the last few days (for example, see here on the BBC web site). There have also been developments relevant to…
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), the Spanish National Regulatory Authority (NRA) has fined Galp Gas Natural S.A.and Multienergía Verde, S.L.U 80,000 EUR and 120,000 EUR…
Various regulators have recently published summaries of recent enforcement case statistics and other metrics: In Europe, ESMA has issued this report on "administrative and criminal sanctions and other administrative measures…