Last week the UK's Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) released this Call for Input(CFI) on "Accessing and using wholesale data". The CFI covers: Trading data Benchmarks Market data vendor services The CFI…
Yesterday, ESMA published this statement, providing an update on the matter of financial trading venues' compliance with the MiFIR pre-trade transparency rules. This follows a briefing published in June that…
At midnight tonight CET, 11pm GMT the UK will officially leave the European Union. While some are moving (see here on Sky News) and others are celebrating (see here on…
Yesterday saw some announcements just before the seasonal break: The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) published its response to the recent consultation on the MiFID II position limits regime…
The European Commission has confirmed in a speech that the temporary equivalence of UK Central Clearing Counterparties (CCP) will be extended further than the end of March 2020, as previously…
The latest news on Brexit is that a new deal has been negotiated (see here on the Sky News web site). However, with a "no-deal" exit still possible on 31st…
The Utility Regulator, the National Regulatory Authority(NRA) for Northern Ireland, has published this updated note which provides guidance to affected entities as to whether and how to re-register under REMIT…
ESMA and the FCA each yesterday issued updated documents relating to a potential "hard Brexit" on the 31st October: ESMA issued: A public statement summarising the situation (here). A document…
While the mainstream news is primarily focused on the political side of Brexit (for example, see here on the BBC New web site), there have been a few developments that…
Now that Brexit is back in discussion and a "no deal Brexit" more possible (see here), preparation activity is beginning to increase. Last week, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),…