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Mifid best execution relief for buy side hangs by a thread
By Samuel Wilkes
October 26, 2020, Risk
Legislators in the European Parliament have put forward an amendment in a Covid-19 recovery package to suspend best execution reporting for buy-side firms …
Best execution U-Turn in Europe: What does the industry think?
By Andrew Saks
October 15, 2020, Finance Feeds
Good news or bad news?
Could it be that the bungling European regulators are so disorganized that they would waste an absolute …
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Recovery fund clears Council hurdle with majority of ministers
By Bjarke Smith-Meyer
October 6, 2020, Politico
Finance ministers backed a bill to create the EU coronavirus recovery fund despite concerns that checks on uses of the money could slow …
Brussels’ next financial policy chief warns of Brexit frictions
By Jim Brunsden and Philip Stafford
October 2, 2020, Financial Times
The EU’s incoming financial regulation chief has warned that post-Brexit links with the City of London will inevitably be …
EU Securities Watchdog Reviews Centralized Trading Rules
By Lucia Osborne-Crowley
September 25, 2020, Law360
Europe’s securities watchdog said Friday it is reviewing its post-global financial crisis rules that force trading in derivatives and bonds to be moved …
UK’s euro clearing access to EU requires careful analysis post Brexit: ECB official
By Huw Jones
September 2, 2020, Reuters
Detailed analysis is needed before the European Union can decide on long-term access for the London Stock Exchange to clear euro denominated derivatives …
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Imperfect balance? Clearers weigh EU’s CCP resolution tools
By Samuel Wilkes
August 27, 2020, Risk
It’s a scenario no central counterparty wants to experience: a member fails, and the upfront resources the CCP maintains to plug a default …
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Here’s Who Gets What in the EU’s 750 Billion-Euro Recovery Deal
By Birgit Jennen
August 26, 2020, Bloomberg
Italy and Spain will be the biggest beneficiaries of the landmark European Union pandemic recovery fund agreed upon by member states last month, …
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Banks unlikely to use CRR quick fix buffers
By Lizzie Meager
August 13, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
The EU’s €750 billion recovery fund and the accompanying regulatory changes – including a ‘quick fix’ allowing the use of …
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ESMA confirms plan to delay Settlement Discipline Regime to 2022
By Joe Parsons
July 28, 2020, The Trade
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed it has commenced work on a proposal to further postpone the penalty regime …
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