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Blast from the Past: How Mifid II is slowly killing the trade
By Alice Tchernookova
November 14, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
Although recent reports showed Mifid II has helped make savings and improve conditions for end investors, many argue its impact …
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Best practice: Mifid II/Mifir, trading and transparency
By Hugo Bromley
September 4, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
Every single trade in equities and derivatives is shaped, in some way, by Mifid II. The legislation has transformed the …
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Stock exchanges group blasts plans to trim trading hours
By Ryan Weeks
July 1, 2020, Financial News
An influential lobby group representing 36 stock exchanges in Europe has dismissed calls for a shorter trading day.
The Federation of European …
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Execution algorithms unlikely to be ‘magic bullet’ for FICC
By Hayley McDowell
April 23, 2020, The Trade
Execution algorithms are no ‘magic bullet’ in fixed income, currencies, and commodities (FICC) trading as they are in cash equities, as challenges …
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Markets Are Functioning, but It’s Getting Harder to Trade
By Paul J. Davies
March 10, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Investors struggling to follow the wild swings in prices across financial markets are also having to cope with another …
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Top Republican Wants to Stop House From Pursuing Wall Street Tax
By Laura Davison
February 27, 2020, Bloomberg
The ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee proposed an amendment that would stop the panel from even thinking about taxing trades …
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Industry concerned by MiFIR dark trading proposal
By Hugo Bromley
February 20, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
The European securities regulator has launched a consultation on a range of changes to MiFIR to reduce the use of …
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Exchanges lose ground as MiFID II fails to move trades from dark to light
By Samuel Agini
January 27, 2020, Financial News
Europe’s grand plan for stock trading is not working.
The revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, known as MiFID II, was meant …
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MiFID II Trading Obligations and SI Regime Need Reform
By Shanny Basar
January 23, 2020, Markets Media
It is most urgent for the European Commission to review the regulations relating to the trading obligations for shares and derivatives and …
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Redefining the U.S. Consolidated Tape
By Larry Tabb, TABB Group
Originally published on the TABB Forum
Generating and disseminating market data is a much more difficult process than it seems, and the SEC’s proposal to …
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