Continuing the recent spate of objections to the currently drafted MiFID II proposals, the CEER (Council of European Energy Regulators) have just issued this statement which outlines their own objections to…
Following on from several individual statements, a group of industry bodices have now issued a joint statement (here on the EEX site) providing suggested amendments to the new exemption calculations. The…
See here for a "Bloomberg Brief" article which highlights the fact the topic commodity derivatives drew the highest number of responses to the most recent consultation on MiFID II. See have…
Two recordings of recent webinars , both broadcast on 2nd April, have been made available. One relates to REMIT and one MiFID II: REMIT - A recording of the webinar…
Eurelectric have recently written this letter to the European Commission, which makes recommendations on how certain aspects of MiFID II's Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) could be changed to lower the potential impact…
See here for an interesting article on the ICIS site on whether the upcoming MiFID II reduction in exemptions will lead to an exodus of companies from the EU if…
See this article from the Wall Street Journal on CTRM Center which discusses the CFTC's action against Kraft Food Group Inc. and Mondolez Global LLC. There are allegations of cross…
HM Treasury (UK government) have opened a consultation on the transposition of MiFID II into UK law. MiFID must be transposed into law in each member state by mid 2016.…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority yesterday issued this discussion Paper asking for input on various aspects of MiFID II. Comments are due by 26th May. The paper does not appear…
ESMA yesterday published the speech given by Stephen Maijoor, chair of ESMA to ECON(European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs), about MiFID II. The speech can be found here. Part…