ESMA public consultation on MiFID II
ESMA today opened a public consultation on MiFID II/ MiFIR. Details can be found here. There is a lot of reading to do...
Good summary of how MiFID II affects the commodities sector
See this short and useful summary article from Covington and Burling about how MiFID II affects the commodity and energy sector.
FCA MiFID II page
The UK Financial Conduct Authority have put up a page on their web site dedicated to MiFID II here. It will hopefully prove as useful as the EMIR one.
Good article on MiFIR Reporting
See this article on RegTechFS for an interesting look at some of the upcoming issues around reporting under MiFIR/MiFID II. It is not yet clear how this will impact commodity…
MiFID II Questions and Answers from the European Commission
See here for the latest Questions and Answers document from the European Commission on MiFID II. There will be a lot more on this topic as the technical standards emerge.
MiFID II adopted by European Parliament
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the proposed MiFID II rules. A press release can be seen here.This is the latest step in MiFID II coming into force.MiFID II…
A lot is going on the the world of MiFID II/MiFIR
The consultations and drafting of the many technical standards under MiFID is now getting under way and will be in full swing over the summer, as can be seen in…
FCA Document on Regulating Commodity Markets
The FCA recently issued this document about how they see the regulation of commodity markets working in future. In it they about how EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR and MAD II will…
We’re back! Some interesting articles and updates
We are back after a few days off, and there are quite a few interesting articles and updates:LEIs - This interesting article in The Trade news on LEIs looks at…
MiFID II texts published
The latest text of MIFID II and MiFIR have has now been published. MiFIR (i.e. the regulation) can be found here and MiFID II (i.e. the directive) here. There are over…