The intensification of financial regulation is a fundamental trend transforming the asset management ecosystem. The planned transition to T+1 settlement in 2024 and the forthcoming revision of Mifid ...

MiCA passed in 2022, but aspects of it are still being worked out. Defining a financial instrument is a big outstanding question. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released two ...

A survey last year found more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of pension schemes feel they do not necessarily have the operational infrastructure in place to accommodate change, such as the ...

The European Commission’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is due for final implementation from November. Many participants in the foreign exchange market still seem to be labouring under ...

Data management provider AutoRek has published guidelines on how firms can avoid incurring penalties under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). Recommendations include the ...

Regtech firm SteelEye notes ongoing debates around GDPR and MiFID II; it highlights the delicate dance between data retention and privacy.

FIX has been at the forefront of electronic trading for over two decades now. Whilst its roots, for obvious reasons, are within technology departments, it has been a combination of technicians and ...

LONDON—The European Banking Federation (FBE) recently issued its comments in response to the latest draft of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) regulations from the European Union ...

This snappily-named markets and financial instruments directive, otherwise known as Mifid II, will reform trading in markets in Europe and beyond. Seven years in the making, it boasts 30,000 pages and ...

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