With just over 6 months to go until the start of MiFID II, there is much to do for many. Whilst many energy and commodity traders who intend to use…

Yesterday saw  a reminder from the FCA for any firm requiring MiFID authorisation on 3rd January 2018 to submit applications by 3rd July (see here). There have also been a…

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority have today issued this reminder that applications to either become an Investment Firm, or an appropriate Variation of Permissions, should be submitted by 3rd July…

Despite calls for a phased start to MiFID II over the last few weeks (see here), ESMA has reiterated that there are to be no further delays to the start,…

ESMA has released a series of updated documents on MiFID II in the past days: Firstly, an opinion document (here) on whether commodity derivatives positions on third country venues are…

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to start testing for its Market Data Processing system from July. The system is used to collect MiFID II data from Authorised Reporting Mechanisms…

With just over 7 months to go until MiFID II starts, there is still a great deal to do, especially for investment firms, although also for other energy and commodity…

ESMA has published this opinion document on the criteria to determine whether an OTC trade is considered to be "Traded on a Trading Venue" (TOTV). The determination is required to…