Article on ISINs
The use of International Securities Identifier Numbers (ISIN) will be greatly increased under both the new EMIR RTS, which starts to apply from 1st November, and also under the various types…
The use of International Securities Identifier Numbers (ISIN) will be greatly increased under both the new EMIR RTS, which starts to apply from 1st November, and also under the various types…
Following the webinar by Nasdaq on real time position limits last week, the recording can be found here. The recording of Unavista's webinar on Position Reporting can be found here.…
Last November, the European Commission issued a report outlining possible changes to EMIR following the EMIR review a year earlier (see here). During the previous summer, ESMA issued their response…
The European Commission has created this web page which summaries the "equivalence decisions" made with respect to the recognition of the compliance of non EU countries. Equivalence recognition of a…
This Wednesday sees two webinars on the topic of position limits and position reporting, as defined in Regulatory Technical Standard 21 of MiFID II, and passed recently by the European…
Following the statement yesterday from the ESAs on the upcoming variation margin deadline on 1st March, and the letter of no action relief from the CFTC a few weeks ago,…
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs, which comprises ESMA, the EBA and EIOPA) have issued this letter on the topic of the upcoming uncleared margin rule deadline (see here). The letter…
HM Treasury has published the response to the consultation that they ran in 2015 regarding the transposition of MiFID II into UK law. The results of the consultation can be…
On 1st March 2017, the rules relating to mandated variation margin on uncleared OTC derivatives start in various jurisdictions across the globe. In the EU, the rules affect those classified…
The resolution to object to Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 21 (see here), which specifies how Position Limits are to be calculated, has today been defeated in the European Parliament. The result…