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  • Knowledge Graphs Show Glimpse of Full Potential

    Posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2021 @ 11:15
    By Max Bowie February 15, 2021, WatersTechnology Thankfully, most of the challenges facing firms are more mundane, but still have the potential to be costly drains on resources. For instance, the plethora of recent regulatory reporting requirements have resulted...
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  • EU Adopts Rules to Help Cos. Reach Funds During Pandemic

    Posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2021 @ 11:11
    By Najiyya Budaly February 16, 2021, Law360 European Union member states have pushed through amendments to the bloc’s capital markets rules in a move to help businesses raise money on financial markets amid the economic crisis created by...
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  • Boutique London Fund Managers Hit Early Brexit Turbulence

    Posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2021 @ 11:01
    By Owen Walker February 2, 2021, Financial Times London’s boutique investment managers are struggling to negotiate new post-Brexit rules and trading arrangements in order to continue serving their European clients.  Fund managers with smaller budgets than big name rivals...
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  • Dutch Regulator Widens Post-Brexit Scope

    Posted on Fri, Feb 19, 2021 @ 7:07
    By Wendy Lisney February 18, 2021, Global Investor Group The supervisory scope of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has broadened significantly since Brexit as the Dutch regulator onboards new UK venues and asset classes. “We have welcomed quite...
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  • Small Company Research Not Held Back by New EU Rules, Regulator Says

    Posted on Fri, Feb 19, 2021 @ 7:04
    By Huw Jones February 18, 2021, Reuters European Union rules that shine a light on how much asset managers pay for research on small companies have not reduced the breadth of coverage, the bloc’s securities watchdog said on Thursday.Since...
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  • MiFID II/MiFIR Review Will Be Both Broad and Technical

    Posted on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 @ 11:04
    By Thomas Helm February 8, 2021, Practice Insight from IFLR The upcoming MiFID II/MiFIR review will be less a “tidying up” than a wholesale reform that attempts to address a diverse range of priority areas, according to the European...
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  • Barnier Signals More Delay for London Banks Eyeing EU Market

    Posted on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 @ 11:03
    By Tom Metcalf and Maria Tadeo February 11, 2021, Bloomberg Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, warned the bloc won’t be hurried into granting U.K. financial firms free access to the bloc’s single market. “Equivalence decisions are,...
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  • Europe Considers Steps to Curb Speculation in Carbon Market

    Posted on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 @ 11:01
    By Ewa Krukowska February 11, 2021, Bloomberg The European Union is considering curbs on speculation in the world’s biggest carbon market where record prices have lured hedge funds in search of profits. EU emission permits jumped to an all-time...
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  • Exchange Boss Says UK’s Swiss Trading Nod Is a ‘Free Kick’ in a Losing Game

    Posted on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 @ 11:01
    By William Canny February 4, 2021, Financial News The resumption of Swiss stocks trading in London is a small win for the City, but in the absence of a Brexit deal for financial services “its a free kick getting Switzerland...
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  • The Brexit Share Trading Exodus

    Posted on Thu, Feb 11, 2021 @ 7:05
    By Annabel Smith February 11, 2021, The Trade In the final weeks of 2020, it was apparent that no agreement on equivalence was likely to be reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union with regards to share...
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  • European Funds Fret Over Merits and Risks of Ethical Labels

    Posted on Tue, Feb 9, 2021 @ 11:02
    By Samuel Wilkes February 1, 2021, Risk Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. That is one way to describe the choice presented to asset managers in new European regulation. The choice is between an ethical and...
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  • End ‘Senseless’ Ban on Midpoint Trading, Asset Managers Urge

    Posted on Tue, Feb 9, 2021 @ 11:00
    By Luke Clancy January 26, 2021, Risk Midpoint should be a valid execution price and investors permitted to trade at a half tick in Europe on all venues, say buy-side firms in fresh calls for regulators in the UK...
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  • CCP Open Access Will Be ‘Integral’ Part of MiFID Review

    Posted on Mon, Feb 8, 2021 @ 7:09
    By Samuel Wilkes February 5, 2021, Risk European Union legislators are re-examining rules that allow listed derivatives users to choose where to clear their trades, the European Commission’s head of securities markets, Tilman Lueder, has told a virtual conference....
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  • ETFs Have Highest Percentage of Turnover Traded in the Dark, ESMA Report Finds

    Posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2021 @ 7:09
    By Hayley McDowell February 4, 2021, The Trade Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have the highest percentage of dark trading in terms of overall volume traded compared to other asset classes, a report from the EU markets watchdog has shown....
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  • UK Treasury Opens Door to Ditching MiFID Open Access Rules

    Posted on Wed, Feb 3, 2021 @ 7:01
    By Samuel Wilkes and Costas Mourselas February 2, 2021, Risk For years, the UK was the champion of European Union market regulations designed to foster greater competition in clearing services. Once the UK left the EU, enthusiasm for the project among the remaining 27 members dwindled. Now, the UK Treasury may...
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  • Investment Firms, Dealers Face MiFID II Review

    Posted on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 @ 7:06
    By James Langton February 1, 2021, Investment Executive European securities regulators are launching a review of the investment industry’s compliance with new governance rules for financial products. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that, along with the...
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  • Fronting the Dealing Evolution

    Posted on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 @ 7:04
    By Hayley McDowell February 1, 2021, The Trade While juggling a multi-asset dealing desk in dramatic market conditions from her home office in rural South Lanarkshire, Kirstie MacGillivray explains that nobody on her team envisaged the global pandemic would...
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  • EU Launches Probe Into Investment Marketing Rules

    Posted on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 @ 7:03
    By Najiyya Budaly February 1, 2021, Law360 Europe’s securities regulator said on Monday that it is launching a probe to ensure that the European Union’s rules on marketing financial products are being applied consistently across the bloc so that consumers...
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  • Advisers Left in Limbo Over ESG Suitability Rules Post-Brexit

    Posted on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 @ 7:02
    By John Lappin January 28, 2021, Portfolio Adviser Advisers have been bombarded with messaging and marketing material regarding environmental, social and governance investing and sustainability in recent years. If anything the trend has accelerated during the pandemic. It is...
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  • ESMA Sets Sights on Commodity Derivatives

    Posted on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 @ 7:01
    By Wendy Lisney January 26, 2021, Global Investor Group European regulator ESMA is looking for commodity derivatives experts to help assess the potential impact on energy, agricultural, and softs markets of MiFID II, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. The...
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  • EU Seeks to Cut Reliance on US Dollar, Other Financial Centers

    Posted on Tue, Jan 26, 2021 @ 11:03
    By Jan Strupczewski January 19, 2021, Reuters The European Commission said on Tuesday it would seek to boost the international role of the euro and build European financial infrastructure so that the EU becomes more independent of outside...
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  • Looks Like We Are Creeping Toward Full Overhaul of Spot FX in Europe

    Posted on Tue, Jan 26, 2021 @ 11:01
    By Andrew Saks January 19, 2021, Finance Feeds Should we take heed of the alarmist nature of ESMA’s view that the ‘disturbance’ of the FX market is a major reason for the FX Global Code to be brought in...
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  • The Industry Should Be More Than ‘Prescriptive Rules’

    Posted on Tue, Jan 26, 2021 @ 11:00
    By Rachel Mortimer January 15, 2021, FT Adviser “In collaboration with the FCA, we managed to relax some MiFID regulations without harming clients in any way, and maybe the future doesn’t need to be only about prescriptive rules, and...
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  • European Commission Pushes for Consolidated Tape in Bond Markets

    Posted on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 @ 7:10
    By Annabel Smith January 20, 2021, The Trade The European Commission has set out plans to push for a consolidated tape in the European primary and secondary bond markets following months of pressure from market participants.  In the report,...
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  • Brexit Drives Swaps Trading to US Platforms

    Posted on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 @ 7:05
    By Robert Mackenzie Smith January 19, 2021, Risk Up to 50% of euro and sterling interest rate swaps trading has moved from European and UK venues to platforms in the US since the start of the year, in...
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  • ESMA Issues Guidelines on Reverse Solicitation

    Posted on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 @ 11:00
    By Bilal Jafar January 13, 2021, Finance Magnates The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) addressed the issues related to a few questionable operations by the companies around reverse solicitation in the region. The regulatory authority mentioned that the...
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  • EU Needs ‘Masterplan’ to Grab Euro Finance From London

    Posted on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 @ 7:04
    By Huw Jones January 18, 2021, Reuters The European Union needs a “masterplan” to move euro financial services from London to the bloc if it wants to expand the single currency’s role in a global economy dominated by the...
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  • French Regulator Questions Need for Share Trading Equivalence

    Posted on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 @ 7:03
    By Samuel Wilkes January 15, 2021, Risk A senior French markets regulator has questioned the need for offering third countries an equivalence determination under European Union share trading rules, after the application of the rules to non-EU shares was clarified...
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  • EU to Drill Into “Dog’s Dinner” of Share Trading Data

    Posted on Thu, Jan 14, 2021 @ 7:03
    By Huw Jones January 14, 2021, Reuters The European Union will complete a fresh study of share trading data before drawing conclusions from a comprehensive review of market rules, an EU official said on Thursday, as exchanges demand more...
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  • Trading Heads Call for Reform of Double Volume Caps

    Posted on Thu, Jan 14, 2021 @ 7:02
    By Luke Clancy January 13, 2021, Risk Leading investment firms in the UK and Europe are calling for a revamp of the European Union’s regime for trading on unlit venues, after the UK financial regulator relaxed rules on dark...
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  • Knowledge Graphs Show Glimpse of Full Potential

  • EU Adopts Rules to Help Cos. Reach Funds During Pandemic

  • Boutique London Fund Managers Hit Early Brexit Turbulence

  • Dutch Regulator Widens Post-Brexit Scope

  • Small Company Research Not Held Back by New EU Rules, Regulator Says

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