FERC report on energy trading compliance practices
FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the US, have published this report, which will also be of value to European market participants complying with REMIT and MAR. It contains sections…
FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the US, have published this report, which will also be of value to European market participants complying with REMIT and MAR. It contains sections…
The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), which impacts the energy and commodity trading sector, started on 3rd July 2016. Since then, it has been necessary for any "PPAET" (Professional Person Arranging…
Ofgem, Great Britain's National Regulatory Authority (NRA), has opened an investigation into possible "spoofing" in the GB power market according to articles on the Bloomberg website (here), and Utility Week…
ESMA yesterday issued several documents, including: MAR Q+A (here) - this update of the questions and answers document adds details on managers transactions and investment recommendations, which will primarily be…
Last week ESMA published a document regarding inside information relating to commodity derivatives under MAR, which defines which data is “reasonably expected to be disclosed or required to be disclosed…
ESMA have issued a final report which includes draft MAR guidelines on information relating to commodity derivatives markets or relates spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information.…
Following investigations earlier this year into a possible breach of REMIT in Italy due to the illegitimate withholding of generation, this article has been published on the ICIS web site.…
Following an announcement last week, Ancoa will be running a webinar on "MAR and surveillance for energy trading firms" on 19th October. Details can be found here. FERDEC have also…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, the UK NCA), have issued a third consultation paper for MiFID II and MiFIR, which can be found here. This document of nearly 600 pages…
Trayport and Ancoa have just issued this press release announcing that Ancoa have become a Trayport Certified Software Provider (CSP). The certification covers a link between Ancoa's surveillance software and…