FMIA “Finfrag” rules finalised
The Swiss Federal Council yesterday agreed to bring the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA, also known as "Finfrag") into force as of 1st January 2016. The announcement together with links to…
The Swiss Federal Council yesterday agreed to bring the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA, also known as "Finfrag") into force as of 1st January 2016. The announcement together with links to…
The last few days has seen a continuation of activity and publications around the proposed delay to the implementation of MiFID II. This article on the Reuters website reports an…
ACER have recently updated two documents related to REMIT Reporting: FAQs on Transaction Reporting (here): There are many new answers to a variety of questions relating to transaction reporting. Reporting…
ESMA have recently published this note, dated 2 October, which gives their thoughts on why parts, or all, of MiFID II should be delayed, and suggests legal mechanisms by which…
ESMA announced yesterday that they will not extend the carve out which allows non collateralised bank guarantees to be used to cover cleared energy derivatives. The announcement can be found…
Rocket magazine, published on The OTC Space web site, is now available for download from here. The magazine has many derivatives related articles to read. Those in Energy and Commodities will…
Last week's proposed delay of MiFID II has generated a great deal of reaction, which is continuing. The delay has not yet been agreed by the European Parliament, and even…
ESMA have today published their proposed changes to the Technical Standards around trade reporting under EMIR, which can be found here. It will be submitted to the European Commission who…
Wednesday saw the publication of several more articles on the proposed delay to MiFID II. Firstly, this article by Bloomberg (reproduced on CTRM Center) looks at the possible impact of…
Yesterday saw several reports that the European Commission are likely to request a delay in the implementation of MiFID II by up to a year, to January 2018. Steven Maijoor, chair…