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PRIIPs continues to restrict bond supply to retail investors
By Thomas Helm
May 16, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
The rigid disclosure requirements of the E.U.’s PRIIPs [Packaged retail and insurance-linked investment products] regulation, together with uncertainty surrounding the …
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Europe prepares raft of post-Brexit banking reforms
By Huw Jones
May 15, 2019, Reuters
The European Commission is working on its biggest regulatory push on banking since the 2008 financial crash that could curb Britain’s access to …
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Initial margin ‘big bang’ could be deferred, says EC’s Pearson
By Costas Mourselas
May 14, 2019, Risk
A top European Commission official has hinted that the final phase of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives trades could be deferred, encouraging …
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No more delays on MiFID open access, E.U. regulator says
By Costas Mourselas
May 13, 2019, Risk
First it was on, then it was off.
Now it’s back on again. The far-reaching regulatory change designed to give European financial market …
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E.U. banks call for rethink of capital markets project
By Huw Jones
May 10, 2019, Reuters
The European Union’s efforts to create a capital market to rival the United States have made little headway and the project needs a …
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Where now for the rules that rocked European finance?
By Philip Stafford and Katie Martin
May 6, 2019, Financial Times
Helping small and medium companies access capital markets was at the heart of MiFID II but more than 16 …
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ISDA AGM 2019: Market Fragmentation – Key Issues and Impacts
The G20 has identified market fragmentation as a key issue to address this year. What’s driving the concern? How and where is fragmentation affecting the financial and derivatives markets? …
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BMR needs tweaks, not overhaul – EC official
By Lukas Becker
May 3, 2019, Risk
An upcoming review of the E.U.’s Benchmark Regulation is unlikely to introduce big changes to its third-country regime, an official at the European …
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Critical E.U. benchmarks to be approved by year-end
By Lukas Becker
April 30, 2019, Risk
Eonia and Euribor will be authorized for use by European entities by the end of the year, with the latter on course to …
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E.U. Hands Japan Equivalence Nod on OTC Derivatives Trades
By Joanne Faulkner
April 26, 2019, Law360
The European Commission has struck a deal with Japan’s financial services regulator to recognize rules on over-the-counter derivatives as “equivalent” in a move …
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