ISDA has written this open letter to the European Commission, ESMA and others in relation to the different reviews taking place with respect to EMIR. There are 12 recommendations, which…
On Monday, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published this report, providing the results of the latest survey run across different global jurisdictions on the implementation of the "…
Finma, the Swiss National Competent Authority, on Friday announced a 5 year further delay to the start of reporting under the Financial Markets Infrastructure Act (FMIA, also known as "Finfrag")…
There have been many announcements and stories around the regulatory side of blockchain use since our last post (see here): ICOs Finma, the financial regulator of Switzerland has issued these…
The 2018 working year starts today for most, which provides a good opportunity to consider the months ahead. Start of year The end of 2017 has been unsurprisingly busy, with…
Finanstilsynet the Norwegian National Competent Authority (NCA) last week adopted the EU position limits rules as announced here, and set limits for positions in commodity derivatives on relevant venues, including Nasdaq…
For many this will be the last working day of the year. However, the wind down is not quite as widespread as usual, given the proximity to the MiFID II…
Finma, the Swiss financial regulator, has announced that the start of reporting for the smallest non financial entities caught by the Financial Markets Infrastructure Act (also known as "Finfrag") will…
Yesterday was the first day of reporting under the Swiss Financial Markets Infrastructure Act, also known as "Finfrag" (short for Finanzmarktinfrastrukturgesetz). Finfrag is the Swiss set of rules that meet the…
There has been a great deal of discussion on the future of EMIR following the EMIR review in 2015. Some of this has focused on whether the reporting of trades…