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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
European Banking Authority Outlines Potential Regulatory Regime for Digital Currencies
Friday, 04/07/2014 | 15:44 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
ESMA Spells out Revised Regulation, Vows Retail Investor Protection
- The European Securities and Markets Authority has released a guide to MiFID II for retail investors highlighting important changes to the law such as giving new powers for regulators to ban products.
Wednesday, 02/07/2014 | 16:57 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Last Call Today for Comments on European Commission's FX Instruments Consultation
- The applicability of EMIR reporting for certain FX instruments revealed inconsistency of local definitions, and resulted in needed clarification, a 30 day public comment period was given, and comes to an end today.
Friday, 09/05/2014 | 10:52 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ASIC Mandate Necessitates DTCC Extension of Trade Reporting Service
- The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched an extended Global Trade Repository (GTR) service to market participants for OTC derivatives, with provisions for further asset-class expansion.
Tuesday, 29/04/2014 | 13:29 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Sneak Peek of QIR1 Article on EMIR: Centralized Reporting Hits Europe
- The largest regulatory development in Europe during the first quarter was the onslaught of reporting that commenced under EMIR, however the lack of consensus on the definition of Foreign Exchange has caused a stir.
Saturday, 26/04/2014 | 08:00 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
EMIR News: European Commission Asks FX Related Companies for Input
- All firms which are active in the trading of FX spot and derivative contracts are invited by the EC to submit their input about where should the boundary between an FX financial instrument and a spot FX contract be.
Monday, 14/04/2014 | 14:55 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
ESMA Makes Public Its Trade Repository Supervision Plan For 2014
- The ESMA has outlined the main challenges surrounding the Trade Repositories entities that are playing a key role in the implementation of EMIR reporting of OTC derivatives data, how will it address them remains key.
Thursday, 03/04/2014 | 21:46 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
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