Start of EMIR “Level II validations”
Today sees the start of "Level II" validations under EMIR. This sees a "tightening" of the values that may be sent as part of an EMIR trade report to a…
Today sees the start of "Level II" validations under EMIR. This sees a "tightening" of the values that may be sent as part of an EMIR trade report to a…
It now a week since the FCA MiFID II conference was held in London. The slides from the meeting have not yet been shared, but the key note speech by…
The London Metal Exchange (LME) have recently issued this paper which examines the impact of several regulations on the metals trading market. MiFID/MiFIR The paper first notes that the loss…
ESMA today issued this press release announcing the availability of translated versions of guidance on the application of MiFID Annex 1 Sections C6 and C7, which form the basis of defining whether…
The final draft of the MiFID II/MiFIR Regulatory Technical Standard(RTS) was published on September 28th. Key sections for the commodity and energy trading sector include the section on the ancillary exemption…
Following the release of the final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) of MiFID II/MiFIR, and some initial reactions, there have been more comments. This article on the Reuters website highlights…
Last Monday saw the release of the final draft version of the MiFID II/MiFIR Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS), which has the potential to have a great impact on many market participants in…
ESMA have just issued an updated version of their questions and answers document on EMIR (here), following on one day after a new Q+A was issued for REMIT. There is…
We are back online, to find that ESMA published the final Regulatory Technical Standards for MiFIR/MiFID II and MAR on Monday. The full press release and set of links can…
The UK Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) has published minutes of the last MiFID II round-table held on 14th September, which can be found here. There are a few items of interest.…