Search Results for: MiFID
London Stock Exchange Group And Boat Services To Build Mifid Ii Trade Reporting Solution
September 4th, 2015
Heads of Terms signed to create MiFID II compliant, multi-asset reporting platform Complements UnaVista’s MiFID II transaction reporting service London Stock Exchange to apply for Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) status London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announced it has ...
ESMA consults on MIFID II standards regarding trading suspensions, data service providers and derivatives reporting
September 2nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper (CP) on the remaining draft implementing technical standards (ITS) under MiFID II on which ESMA has not yet consulted. This CP covers the following: (1) the suspension ...
Industry not prepared for MIFID II product governance challenges
May 20th, 2015
MIFID II will bring a significant increase in product governance responsibilities for all parties involved in the selling of an investment product. Under the new proposals both manufacturers of investment products and distributors will be responsible for the products ...
ESMA releases final guidelines clarifying the definition of commodity derivatives under MiFID I
May 7th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published guidelines on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) I. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a common, uniform and consistent application of the definitions of commodity derivatives ...
ESMA consults on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence in MiFID II
April 23rd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority launched today a consultation on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence of natural persons in investment firms that provide investment advice or information about financial instruments, investment services ...
Derivatives under MiFID II: Time for equal access
March 26th, 2015
Verena Ross, Executive Director of ESMA, recently delivered a keynote speech to the ABA/Law Society Capital Markets Conference in London. Her speech focused on the importance of increasing transparency in MiFID II “in a manner that does not “damage”, ...
ESMA provides implementing rules for MiFID II
December 22nd, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published on December 19 its final technical advice (TA) and launches a consultation on its draft regulatory technical and implementing standards (RTS/ ITS) regarding the implementation of the Markets in Financial ...
ESMA: Retail clients continue to lose out due to high investment products costs
April 15th, 2021
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities regulator, published its third annual statistical report on the cost and performance of European Union (EU) retail investment products. In the report ESMA finds that the costs of investing ...
Brexit: Financial market participants whose activity might be impacted
December 29th, 2020
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) remind stakeholders to be aware and prepared for changes that will occur from 1 January 2021. On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) notified the European Council of its intention to ...
Cryptocurrency to get pan-European legal framework
August 24th, 2020
In the fall, the EU Commission is set to complete its work on digital finance, and the result will be a clear definition for cryptocurrency in European law. “Lack of legal certainty is often cited as the main barrier ...
