Last Monday saw the release of the final draft version of the MiFID II/MiFIR Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS), which has the potential to have a great impact on many market participants in…
We are back online, to find that ESMA published the final Regulatory Technical Standards for MiFIR/MiFID II and MAR on Monday. The full press release and set of links can…
The UK Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) has published minutes of the last MiFID II round-table held on 14th September, which can be found here. There are a few items of interest.…
It has been reported in various publications, including "The Trade" website here, that the publication of the MiFID Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) has been delayed until next week. They were…
According to many sources, the final MiFID II Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) are due to be published by ESMA shortly. This article on the ICIS website highlights the issues that…
With the publication of the final MiFID II/MiFIR RTS (Regulatory Technical Standard) hopefully approaching, seven industry associations have written a letter (here) to the European Commissioner outlining their concerns about the…
The UK's FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) have recently concluded a review of the commodity markets, with a focus on controls to prevent market abuse. The report can be found here.…
The FCA held an "Implementation Roundtable" meeting on MiFID II on 17 July. The minutes were published a couple of weeks ago, and can be found here. There are a few…
This is the 500th post on this blog, which has now been running for just over two years. During that time we have seen a lot of activity in the…
See here for an article on the JDSupra site by Chris Borg of Reed Smith, providing some details around the rules which will apply to derivatives trades which are not cleared.…