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What would ‘Brexit’ mean for Europe’s capital markets? Clifford Chance report analyses the legal and regulatory challenges
March 21st, 2016
AFME has today published a report, commissioned from Clifford Chance, which analyses the potential impact of a UK exit from the EU on Europe’s capital markets. The report, entitled “The UK Referendum: Challenges for Europe’s Capital Markets”, was written ...
London Stock Exchange intra-day auction to go live Monday 21 March
March 21st, 2016
Innovation provides new benchmarking opportunities for fund managers and mechanism for managing MiFID II volume caps Auction will see continuous trading of stocks pause for 2 minutes every day at 12:00 Introduction follows comprehensive, market-wide consultation and comes with ...
ISDA Publishes Principles for US/EU Trading Platform Recognition
February 26th, 2016
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published a set of principles for achieving comparability determinations between US and European Union (EU) trading platforms. The paper analyzes the regulatory frameworks in the US and EU, with the aim ...
ESMA publishes first supervisory convergence work programme
February 12th, 2016
ESMA publishes first supervisory convergence work programme The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first Supervisory Convergence Work Programme 2016 (SCWP), which details the activities and tasks it will carry out to promote sound, efficient and ...
ESMA, National Securities Regulators and ECB to exchange information
February 9th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow the exchange of information and cooperation to help both authorities in fulfilling their respective mandates. This ...
Liquidnet launches EMEA Next Gen Algos
January 19th, 2016
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the launch of its EMEA Next Gen Algo suite, which is designed to enhance the trading performance of its institutional Members. Liquidnet’s Next Gen Algos are the only ones that fully ...
Deutsche Börse prolongs cooperation with Scila
December 7th, 2015
Deutsche Börse, one of the world’s leading exchange groups, announced that it has signed a 5-year agreement with the Stockholm-based independent surveillance technology provider Scila to continue its use of Scila Surveillance, which has already been in production since ...
Banks May Get Extra Time to Soften Up EU Financial-Market Rules
November 11th, 2015
European Commission considers postponing MiFID II start date Delay isn’t set in stone, European Parliament’s Ferber says Financial companies pushing back against Europe’s post-crisis market rule book for the past five years may get more time to chip away ...
BaFin and the SEC: An international comparison of supervisory practice
November 3rd, 2015
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) is often compared to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the media and by the public. The SEC is frequently perceived as the more powerful authority, in ...
UNAVISTA AND DTCC partner to provide MIFIR reporting Services
September 28th, 2015
Connects largest global derivatives reporting service, DTCC Global Trade Repository (GTR), with largest European MiFID Approved Reporting Mechanism Fully complies with MiFIR reporting requirements scheduled to go live in early 2017 GTR to establish direct connection to UnaVista’s MiFIR ...
