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London Firms Losing Faith in Quick-Fix Access to E.U. After Brexit
By Huw Jones August 26, 2016, Reuters Big financial groups in London are losing faith in a quick fix to get access to the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc and are instead drawing up contingency plans to...Posted on Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:40Uneven Corporate Liquidity Split Creates Alternative Solutions
By Kimberly Long August 25, 2016, Euromoney The widening divide between the haves and have-nots of liquidity has created a burgeoning market for products and services to be grown or developed by banks. This split in liquidity levels is...Posted on Mon, Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:10Increasing Compliance Requirements Drive Tech Uptake
By Paul Golden August 17, 2016, Global Investor Asset managers have much to gain from applying business intelligence processes – and specifically more sophisticated analysis of data – to their compliance regime. To effectively comply with new regulatory...Posted on Thu, Aug 18, 2016 @ 7:35ESMA to Issue Level Three Texts for MiFID II
By Julie Aelbrect August 16, 2016, FOW The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said that it has started work on some level III texts under sweeping regulatory directive MiFID II. “ESMA has initiated some work on level...Posted on Wed, Aug 17, 2016 @ 7:50No Country for Small Asset Managers
By Shanny Basar August 15, 2016, Markets Media Regulatory changes will lead to the concentration of assets in larger European fund managers according to consultancy Opimas who said they look to the east of the region for growth. In...Posted on Tue, Aug 16, 2016 @ 7:49FCA Reveals Users’ MiFID II Cost Concerns, Outlines Proposed Reporting Platform Fees
By Joanne Faulkner August 12, 2016, Waters Technology FCA meeting minutes show users expressing their concerns about the cost of data, post-MiFID II, while the FCA outlines the costs of its own MiFID II reporting solution. Market participants remain...Posted on Mon, Aug 15, 2016 @ 7:40Trade Bodies Urge Commission to Review MiFID II Exchange Data Rules
By Hayley McDowell August 10, 2016, The Trade Several trade associations have called for the European Commission to review rules on market data pricing for trading venues under MiFID II. A MiFID II implementation roundtable – hosted by the...Posted on Thu, Aug 11, 2016 @ 7:55Buy Side Most Concerned Brexit Will See Regulatory Split
By Hayley McDowell August 11, 2016, The Trade A split in regulation following the E.U. referendum result in the U.K. has been raised as the biggest concern amongst the buy-side. A poll of 322 market participants from around the...Posted on Thu, Aug 11, 2016 @ 7:30Trading Firms Grab Their Partners for the MiFID II Shuffle
By Tim Cave and Samuel Agini August 10, 2016, Financial News Working together is not something financial firms have always found easy to do. But trading venues, brokers and technology providers are increasingly linking up to help clients...Posted on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 @ 7:32New Regs Weaken Research-Trading Link
By John D’Antona August 9, 2016, Markets Media New regulations, such as MiFID II, are dissolving the relationship between research and trading. The old adage on Wall Street that research drives the trading bus is being turned on its...Posted on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 @ 7:00European Market Data Costs Questioned
By Shanny Basar August 8, 2016, Markets Media Market participants questioned the European Commission’s decision not to require exchanges to publish the costs of producing market data at a roundtable hosted by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority. The...Posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2016 @ 8:00Sec Finance Industry Slams Six-Week SFTR Response Window
August 5, 2016, Global Investor A six-week window to respond to 145 questions on the E.U.’s SFTR regulation has been criticized by industry stakeholders. ESMA, the main regulatory body behind upcoming rules forcing firms to report details of their...Posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2016 @ 7:10FCA Replaces MiFID Head with ESMA Expert
By Alice Atwood August 8, 2016, FOW The Financial Conduct Authority has hired an expert in financial innovation from the European Securities and Markets Authority to replace the head of its MiFID II and MAR implementation program, after...Posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2016 @ 7:05Data Muddle Fears Follow EC Adoption of Key MiFID RTS
By Luke Clancy August 4, 2016, Risk Following the European Commission’s adoption on July 14 of Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) 23 of the E.U.’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), banks and financial market infrastructures remain concerned...Posted on Fri, Aug 5, 2016 @ 8:00MAR Triggers Sophisticated Technology
By Aggelos Andreou August 2, 2016, Waters Technology It is time to tell the truth. Most journalists have bookmarked the European Commission’s (EC) website and check it on a regular basis. We have also become pretty familiar with...Posted on Thu, Aug 4, 2016 @ 7:48Europe Eyes September for Final MiFID Release
By Alice Atwood August 2, 2016, FOW The European Commission expects to adopt the final two outstanding regulatory technical standards under MiFID by the end of September, drawing a line under a key period of flux for...Posted on Wed, Aug 3, 2016 @ 7:55How to Manage Data for Regulatory Success
By Marion Leslie, Thomson Reuters Originally published on the TabbFORUM Navigating the sea of regulatory change is a complex task. Strategic data management can simplify the process; so why are many buy-side institutions reluctant? The zero-tolerance approach of regulators...Posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2016 @ 9:00FCA Urges U.K. Firms to Press on with MiFID II Work
By Samuel Agini July 29, 2016, Financial News The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a stark reminder that U.K. firms must press ahead with work to implement the E.U.’s sweeping MiFID II reforms, despite hopes in some quarters...Posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2016 @ 7:55The MiFID II Clock is Ticking for U.S. Asset Managers
By Rob Daly July 29, 2016, Markets Media When preparing for MiFID II’s roll out in January 2018, some U.S. asset managers may have an easier time digesting the new mandates if they used their preparation for the...Posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2016 @ 7:30MiFID II Reporting Standards Leave Legal Experts Flat
By Alice Atwood July 29, 2016, FOW Legal experts have offered a lackluster response to the controversial MiFID II rules that mandates personal information on traders after they were released on Thursday, arguing the latest version does not answer...Posted on Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 7:50How Will Brexit Impact MiFID II?
By Mike Powell, Thomson Reuters Originally published on the TabbFORUM As financial markets come to terms with the seismic outcome of the U.K. referendum, what will Brexit mean for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive? MiFID II is the...Posted on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 @ 8:00MiFID Could Challenge U.K.’s Post-Brexit Access to CCPs
By Julie Aelbrecht July 26, 2016, FOW The adoption of Europe’s MiFID II or the U.K.’s establishment of an equivalent regime to Europe’s may not guarantee U.K. firms access to European central counterparties, a legal expert has warned. Non-European...Posted on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 @ 7:55Reporting Complexity Forcing Buy Side to Outsource Data Services
By Hayley McDowell July 26, 2016, The Trade Reporting requirements under regulations like MiFID II are driving the buy side to outsource data functions to manage the complexity of complying with the rules. The explosion of data handled by...Posted on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 @ 7:48Sell Side to Up Fees Amid Rising MiFID II Compliance Costs
By Hayley McDowell July 21, 2016, The Trade Buy side traders could face higher fees from sell-side institutions as the costs of complying with European regulation MiFID II puts pressures on profit margins. MiFID II’s trade and transaction reporting...Posted on Fri, Jul 22, 2016 @ 7:30Dark Pools Must Tame Conflicts of Interest, U.K. Review Says
By John Dextrixhe and Silla Brush July 21, 2016, Bloomberg The Financial Conduct Authority is pushing dark pool operators to better handle any conflicts of interest, a sign of mounting scrutiny of the electronic trading platforms after brokers...Posted on Fri, Jul 22, 2016 @ 7:29Experts Give Mixed Reaction to Latest MiFID II Rules
By Julie Aelbrecht July 20, 2016, FOW Market experts have offered mixed reactions to the latest set of MiFID II regulatory technical standards (RTS) released on Friday, arguing more clarity is needed on the controversial European reforms. Regulation experts...Posted on Thu, Jul 21, 2016 @ 7:25No Summer Break for MiFID II
By Anne Plested, Fidessa Originally published on the TabbFORUM Last week alone seven RTS documents were adopted by the European Commission, including the long-debated RTS 2 on non-equity transparency. Only a few documents now remain outstanding. You may have...Posted on Tue, Jul 19, 2016 @ 8:00Key MiFID RTS 6 on Algos Due “This Week”
By Alice Atwood July 18, 2016, FOW One of the key outstanding regulatory technical standards under sweeping European MiFID II, governing algorithmic trading, is set for release this week, drawing a line under concerns over definitions under the new...Posted on Tue, Jul 19, 2016 @ 7:30European Commission Adopts Latest Eight RTS
By Julie Aelbrecht July 15, 2016, FOW The European Commission has adopted eight more regulatory technical standards under sweeping regulatory package MiFID II. The Commission has adopted eight of the regulation’s technical standards (RTS). RTS 1 focuses on equity...Posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 @ 7:56GLEIF Chief Urges Firms to Register for Legal Identifier
By Julie Aelbrecht July 15, 2016, FOW The chief executive officer of The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has stressed urgency for firms to register for a legal entity identifier ahead of the implementation of MiFID II. “Currently...Posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 @ 7:54
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