ESMA has issued "opinion" documents on three MiFID II position limits, which relate to limits already published by National Competent Authorities. They are: ICE Natural Gas Futures - here EEX…
ESMA has issued two documents relating to MiFID II for those who trade commodity derivatives: Updated Q+A (here) - This has updates on position limits, position reporting and the ancillary…
Nasdaq has announced a default on the Nordic Commodities market in this notice, which has been followed by this statement identifying the defaulting party as Einar Aas, a private trader. There…
With MiFID II very much "bedding down", its impact is being felt outside of the EU as well as inside. This article on the Tabb Forum by Gary stone of…
Since our last post on blockchain and crypto currency regulation (see here) there have been increased reports of some scepticism in terms of the use of blockchain across different applications.…
While there has been little news on the MiFID II side of things recently for those in energy and commodities, there has been movement in the wider financial world since…
We are back after a short break for the summer. Last week, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority published this research note into the thresholds used in EMIR for Financial Counterparties…
ESMA has updated the spreadsheet that defines that validations used for EMIR reporting. The updated sheet can be found here. The changes will apply from 5th November. The following fields…
ACER has released several new documents over the past few days, including an updated transaction reporting FAQ document which was released today and can be found here. Yesterday, ACER released…
Updated EMIR Questions and Answers document ESMA yesterday released this updated version of the questions and answer document relating to EMIR. The key answer of interest is TR 40 on…