Brexit positions
The last few days has seen a few publications on the subject of Brexit. The UK's Department of Exiting the EU has published several position papers over the past few…
Brexit considerations in energy and financial regulation
With the discussions on the details Brexit now taking place at governmental level (for example see this article on the Reuters web site), many in the market will wish to…
More on EMIR
See here for an article on the Reuters web site which talks of the difficulties for some of preparing for the start of the new EMIR RTS, on 1st November.…
Brexit and the Internal Energy Market
The UK's departure from the European Union, scheduled for March 2019, creates several areas of uncertainty in terms of the regulation of both the financial and energy markets. This article…
MiFID II and third country equivalence
Many firms outside the EU, based in "third countries", are in the process of understanding if and how MiFID II applies to them. One concept which makes compliance for such…
FCA Brexit plans
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority have published their "Business plan" for 2017/2018 (see here) as well as a "Mission" document (see here). The statement in the business plan by Andrew…
The Energy Union, Internal Market and Brexit
With the story in the UK around the "Brexit" process still unfolding, many are considering how the exit will impact the Energy Union and the UK's role in it. An…
Brexit to be triggered today
Today will see the formal notification by the UK government under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty that the UK intends to leave the Union (for example, see here on the…
Article on regulatory change and architecture
See here for an article by Ian Sutherland on The OTC Space about implementing regulatory change and technology. While the article is focused on banking , the energy and commodity…
What does 2017 have in store for us?
For many, today is the first working day of 2017, which is also the original start date of MiFID II, before it was delayed by a year. With an eventful…