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Progress and Challenges Five Years on from Dodd-Frank
- Signed in 2010, the historic law, which sought to make the financial system safer, is two-thirds implemented - yet challenges remain.
Wednesday, 22/07/2015 | 13:02 GMT by
Andy Traveller
ESMA Report Clarifies MiFID II/MiFIR Technical Standards
- With the consultation process complete, the final report provides updates on the draft regulatory and implementing technical standards.
Tuesday, 30/06/2015 | 15:25 GMT by
Andy Traveller
ESMA Short Selling Ban to Take Effect Midnight CET
- As the threat of a Grexit becomes more real, the European financial watchdog has agreed to a short selling ban, proposed by the Greek HCMC.
Monday, 29/06/2015 | 22:08 GMT by
Andy Traveller
European Regulators Focus on Automated Trading Ahead of MiFID II
- The majority of EU regulators have integrated the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines into their supervisory methods and increased their level of supervision over automated trading activity.
Thursday, 19/03/2015 | 11:03 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
NDFs Given Relief under ESMA’s Clearing Consultation
- Non-Deliverable Forwards will not require mandatory clearing as EU regulators provide feedback on ESMA's consultation published last year. The 28-member region will not take action on the currency derivative.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 20:33 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
European Regulator Invites Consultations on MiFID II Implementation
- The European Securities and Markets Authority has announced that it is launching a consultation period on the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
Friday, 19/12/2014 | 14:43 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
ESMA Grants Trade Repository Access to Australian Financial Regulator
- The European Securities and Markets Authority signed two Memorandum of Understanding agreements which are enhancing cross-border cooperation with Australian authorities on trade repositories and CCPs.
Friday, 05/12/2014 | 09:30 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Italian CONSOB Introduces Emergency Short Selling Ban Following ECB Stress Tests
- Italian FTSE MIB Index lost 2.4% after the ECB’s new stress testing methodology revealed that Italian banks Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena & Banca Carige faced a combined shortfall of about $2.9 billion.
Monday, 27/10/2014 | 19:44 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
b-next Offering Market Surveillance Tool to Bridge Existing Gap at Tier 1 Banks
- Over the past few years, market rigging revelations have confirmed significant global benchmark manipulation in all asset classes. b-next aims to fill the compliance gap at banks scrambling to adjust to ESMA and Mifid II guidelines due in 2017.
Friday, 24/10/2014 | 02:37 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Canadian Regulators Approve Trade Repositories, CME Group Provides Exclusive Insight
- For the first time, the company has implemented the FpML (Financial products Markup Language) open source XML standard for electronic dealing and processing of OTC derivatives, resulting in lower integration costs.
Wednesday, 24/09/2014 | 21:31 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
European Commission Delays Unilateral Spot FX Definition to 2017
- A missing EU wide universal FX Spot transactions definition makes the EMIR implementation process a great example of the scale of European Bureaucracy and the lack of consensus (not only) about financial regulation.
Monday, 04/08/2014 | 17:37 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
June EMIR Q and A – Too Little Too Late?
- In June, a further ESMA Q and A update was published and unlike the May update.
Tuesday, 08/07/2014 | 03:00 GMT by
Mark Kelly
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