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Leaked E.U. Paper Softens French Blow to MiFIR Equivalence
By Samuel Wilkes
December 10, 2018, Risk
A draft legislative proposal from the Council of the European Union removes severe curbs on third-country investment firms put forward by its French …
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As Brexit Looms, MiFID Transparency Faces the Chop
By Samuel Wilkes
November 26, 2018, Risk
Implementing Europe’s MiFID II has not exactly been a walk in the park. But Brexit will make it harder still, as some of …
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E.U. Prop Trader Regime Could Capture Foreign Firms
By Philip Alexander
October 31, 2018, Risk
There is growing unease among proprietary traders that new European Union prudential rules could end up being applied to their operations in the …
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ESMA’s FX Swaps Reporting Dictate Draws Industry Ire
By Ross Lancaster
October 18, 2018, GlobalCapital
Friction is building the FX derivatives market over the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR), with market participants confounded by …
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Brexit: Listed Derivatives Face OTC Mutation
By Helen Bartholomew
October 9, 2018, Risk
Swaths of the U.K.’s listed derivatives would be redefined as over-the-counter instruments following a no-deal Brexit, hiking costs for European Union end-users and …
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Day One of a No-Deal Brexit: Swaps and Chaperones
By Lukas Becker
October 9, 2018, Risk
Picture the scene: it’s late in the afternoon on March 29, 2019. An ashen-faced, sleep-deprived U.K. politician – the country’s Brexit secretary – …
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EC Agrees to Apply Tick Size Regime to SIs, but with an Amendment
By Hayley McDowell
September 21, 2018, The Trade
Systematic internalizers (SIs) operating under MiFID II in Europe will be subject to the tick size regime after the European Commission endorsed …
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SFTR: Market Seeks Alternative Securities Financing Options
By Sharon Kimathi
July 16, 2018, Practice Insight from IFLR
The proposed Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) go-live date has caused a stir in the securities market, with some looking …
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MiFID II: Third-Country Banks Target Reporting Workarounds
By Lizzie Meager
July 5, 2018, Practice Insight from IFLR
Banks and brokers based outside the E.U. are working hard to find ways around Europe’s sweeping new markets regulation, MiFID …
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Addressing the Reporting Challenges of SFTR
By Shruti Prakash, Publicis.Sapient
The onset of SFTR, a European Union (E.U.)-wide framework, brings a brand new set of products and associated challenges with data assimilation and accurate reporting. As …
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