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ECB Scraps Clearing Powers Request in Feud With European Capitals
By Jim Brunsden and Claire Jones
March 20, 2019, Financial Times
The European Central Bank has scrapped a request for greater powers to tackle financial stability risks in the market …
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MiFID II: U.K. Firms Start Receiving FCA Letters
By Thomas Helm
March 14, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
A number of market participants have already received letters from the U.K. regulator’s Markets Reporting Team for transaction reporting failures.…
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ECB Attacks E.U. Plans for Boosting Supervision of Clearing Houses
By Jim Brunsden and Claire Jones
March 17, 2019, Financial Times
European Central Bank officials have strongly criticized E.U. plans for boosting supervision of clearing houses, saying they leave it …
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Securitization Slump Knocks E.U. Market Ambition Ahead of Brexit
By Huw Jones
March 12, 2019, Reuters
The repackaging of loans to raise funds for companies has tumbled to its lowest rate since the financial crisis a decade ago, knocking …
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Banks Call for Third-Country Benchmark Fix as EC Delays BMR
By Chris Davis and Narayanan Somasundaram
March 1, 2019, Risk
The European Commission (EC), which this week gave an extra two years to foreign benchmark providers to register their indexes …
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European Watchdog Finds Draining ‘Dark’ Trading Pools a Temporary Fix
By Josephine Mason
February 28, 2019, Reuters
European attempts to shift share trading from so-called dark pools, trading venues which match buyers and sellers away from regulatory scrutiny, have had …
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E.U. Tightens Rules on Big London-Based Investment Firms
By Francesco Guarascio
February 27, 2019, Reuters
European Union governments and lawmakers have reached agreement on tighter rules for asset managers and investment firms offering “bank-like” services, such as proprietary …
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FRTB Is Here – Now It’s Up to Local Regulators
By Samuel Wilkes
February 25, 2019, Risk
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has finished with its Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, and local regulators must now give it …
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Finance Industry Wins a Two-Year Break on E.U.’s Benchmarks Law
By Alexander Weber and Silla Brush
February 26, 2019, Bloomberg
European Union policy makers agreed to give an extra two years to the financial industry to complete an overhaul of …
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Slow Switch to New Rates Leaves European Companies Playing Catch Up
By Nina Trentmann
February 16, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
The European Union is lagging behind the U.S. and U.K. in efforts to switch to new benchmarks underpinning financial contracts, …
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Industry Working Through Capital Regulation – Panel
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SIs Add Value, but No Evidence for Speed Bumps – Panel
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MiFID II v. Brexit: Market Demands Share Trading Obligation Clarity
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MiFID II in Asia: Big Buy-Side Clashes With Regulators, Domestic Firms
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Europeans Try to Kill MiFID Rule in Brexit Derivatives Fight
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Industry Working Through Capital Regulation – Panel
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SIs Add Value, but No Evidence for Speed Bumps – Panel
-
MiFID II v. Brexit: Market Demands Share Trading Obligation Clarity
-
MiFID II in Asia: Big Buy-Side Clashes With Regulators, Domestic Firms
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Europeans Try to Kill MiFID Rule in Brexit Derivatives Fight