Updated Position Limits Q+A issued by ESMA
ESMA yesterday issued a number of updated Questions and Answers documents relating to MiFID II, including one on Commodity Derivatives, which can be found here. Links to the other Q+As,…
ESMA yesterday issued a number of updated Questions and Answers documents relating to MiFID II, including one on Commodity Derivatives, which can be found here. Links to the other Q+As,…
ESMA has issued an updated Questions and Answers document relating to EMIR, which can be found here. In addition to updating a specific question on backloading , many of the…
Many of the Technical Standards around MiFID II and MiFIR have now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, effectively completing the legislative process. These include RTS…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a "policy statement" on MiFID II which offers "near final" rules on several topics including some that will be on interest to those…
See here for an article on the DerivSource web site by Lynn Strongin Dodds which looks at some of the issues that are arising in the space of ISIN codes,…
REGIS-TR has issued two documents which help to explain the new Regulatory Technical Standard and Implementing Technical Standard for reporting under EMIR(see here), which starts to apply from 1st November…
See here for an article on the India based "Money life" web site about alleged manipulations in currency and commodity markets using spoofing and other typical manipulation techniques. The allegations…
Broadpeak Partners, who offer the "K3" product, have announced a partnership with Unavista (part of the London Stock Exchange group) to deliver MiFID II and MiFIR functionality. The press release…
Several trade associations, including FIA, EFET, GFMA and ISDA have proposed a questions and answer document to ESMA on position reporting under MiFID II. The document can be found here. If…
While the global Uncleared Margin rules have technically been in force since March 1st, various jurisdictions, including the EU and US have considered the implementation difficulties experienced by many and recognised…