European Council agrees one year delay of MiFID II
The European Council have now joined the Parliament in approving the one year delay to MiFID II to 3rd January 2018. They have issued this statement, which also provides for a…
The European Council have now joined the Parliament in approving the one year delay to MiFID II to 3rd January 2018. They have issued this statement, which also provides for a…
The European Commission have published the remaining Delegated Act under MiFID II which can be found here. Articles 5 to 8 from page 32 contain definitions of derivatives under Annex I…
Norton Rose Fulbright will be giving a webinar later today on the applicability of MAR to the commodities market, as part of a series. It is possible to register via…
ISDA and several industry associations have today issued this statement advocating a global set of guidelines for trade reporting, in an attempt to unify rules across the globe. A key recommendation is…
The European Commission have released a partial version of the final MiFID II Delegated Act which can be found here. The act covers: Safeguarding of client financial instruments and funds Product governance…
The European Parliament have today confirmed that the implementation of MiFID II will be delayed by one year to 3rd January 2018, following agreement from other bodies. The delay is reported…
ESMA this week published a decision that open access to CCPs (Central Clearing Counterparties) for the clearing of ETDs (Exchange Traded Derivatives) should go ahead as required by MiFIR/MiFID II.…
ESMA have today published a new version of the Questions and Answers document on EMIR to be found here. There is one new answer which relates to the value that…
ESMA have today issued a public notice that DTCC have been fined 64,000 Euros in relation to the operation of the EMIR Trade Repository (TR), which is referred to as…
ESMA have today issued this consultation paper, which covers the lists of "inside information" relating to commodity derivatives and spot commodities, which must be published under MAR (Market Abuse Regulation).…