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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, the UK NCA), have issued a third consultation paper for MiFID II and MiFIR, which can be found here. This document of nearly 600 pages…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, the UK NCA), have issued a third consultation paper for MiFID II and MiFIR, which can be found here. This document of nearly 600 pages…
Although there has been push back on the final version of the rules (see here ) the start date of the MiFID II position limits draws closer. Unavista have announced this offering…
See here for a letter from a consortium of industry associations in the agricultural sector pushing back against several aspects of the MiFID II Ancillary Activity test (RTS 20) and…
Last year, the result of the EMIR review led to the recommendation of several changes by ESMA and others. Some of the recommendations resulted in a new EMIR Regulatory Technical Standard…
The story behind the start of the rules on uncleared margin continued to unfold last week, with an announcement by the three ESAs (European Supervisory Authorities, i.e. ESMA, EBA and…
On 28th July 2016, the European Commission published the final version of Regulatory Technical Standard(RTS) 22 of MiFID II, which specifies the way in which Investment Firms must report data…
Last week, the Financial Stability Board issued their second annual report on the progress of global financial reform, looking in particular at the fulfilment of the commitments made at the…
Last week the FCA published the latest minutes of the last MiFID II implementation round-table, which can be found here. There are a few interesting points to note for energy…
Yesterday, 1st September, was the date on which rules around margin on uncleared OTC derivatives were supposed to take effect for the largest counterparties across the globe. The principles of…
See here for an article on the Complinet web site written by Reuters which highlights further push back by certain MEPs on the revised Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 21 on…