Brexit – possible impact
Last night the UK population voted to leave the European Union, by a narrow margin. Such an exit will clearly have regulatory implications for energy and commodity market participants who…
Last night the UK population voted to leave the European Union, by a narrow margin. Such an exit will clearly have regulatory implications for energy and commodity market participants who…
The European Council have adopted the delay by one year of MiFID II and MiFIR, the latest step in formalising the move of the start date from 3 January 2017…
See here for a post on finextra by Kate Koval of GFT about data collection under MIFID II and how it will influence MAR. The MAR rules start on July 3rd…
The European Parliament has finalised the delay of a year to the start of MiFID II, from 3 January 2017 to 3 January 2018, as announced in this press release. The Parliament voted by…
EEX and Powernext have confirmed the date on which their new "non-MTF" venues will start to operate, on the 1st July 2016, according to this press release. This follows an…
ESMA have released a new draft of MiFID II 's Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) on the Ancillary Activity test, RTS 20, announcing it in this press release. This follows the "sending…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority have published the minutes of the last Trade Association Round Table held on 25th April. They may be found here. Several parts of the minutes…
The European Council has issued this press release confirming agreement with the European Parliament to the one year delay to the start of MiFID II, from 3 January 2017 to 3 January 2018.…
Two weeks after the updated Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) number 21 on position limits was published by ESMA, Lord Farmer has given a speech in relation to "Brexit" (the potential…
See here for an article on the Bloomberg website reporting on a speech made by Lord Hill about the possible reduction of new regulatory initiatives affecting the banking industry, following…