ESMA have updated their table which shows the status of Technical Standards across different EU financial legislation. It can be found here. There is clearly a large September workload for both the European…
The new rules on the application of variation and initial market on uncleared OTC derivatives will be starting in September in certain jurisdictions, including the US and Japan. However many…
EEX and Powernext launched several "Non MTF" trading platforms on 1st July. Unlike trades executed on Regulated Markets (exchanges), physical forwards executed on these platforms are not necessarily "financial instruments"…
Last November ESMA published a new Regulatory Technical Standard outlining significant changes in the EMIR reporting formats. EMIR reporting has been in place since February 2014 and has seen two…
The European Commission have endorsed the latest draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the rules specifying the working of mandatory margin on uncleared derivatives (see here). These rules, which are part…
ESMA have updated the Questions and Answers document on EMIR reporting, which can be found here. There is one new answer (TR 43 on page 95), in two parts, which…
Last November ESMA issued a draft version of a new standard for EMIR reporting, which can be found here. The new format adds many new fields and changes many others, including…
ESMA have issued a new questions and answers document on EMIR, which can be found here. It contains one new question, on page 36 which relates to the forthcoming clearing…
See here for an article on the Reuters website which reports on a speech given by Lord Hill suggesting that consideration may be given to moving EMIR reporting to one…
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…