News analysis on how banks, asset managers and trading venues are implementing new rules, from the changing nature of market structure under Mifid II, to how firms are grappling with transparency obligations and transaction reports.
The UMR rules are the latest of a string of regulations to be pushed as a result of Covid-19, allowing phase 5 and 6 firms additional time to prepare compliance programmes
European market participants believe that if anything is going to change about Mifid II, it will be continental regulators’ relationship with unbundling – not the other way around
The latest international financial reporting standard changed the rules for loan accounting but, now more than ever, these are being called into question
Regulators have criticised SIs recently for taking business away from lit exchanges, but banks and ELPs argue that they are making a valuable contribution
Whichever way the CTP debate goes next, data standardisation and normalisation are two sine qua non conditions without which a tape would be useless
Despite recent reports, European investment research is not going to be rebundled
As the Mifid II review follows its course, mixed messaging and diverging opinions continue to dominate discussions around the creation of an EU CTP
Esma recently approved proposals made by Icma for the reporting of repo transactions with central banks under Mifid II, but challenges remain
Following more than 40 hours of interviews with 63 sources across financial services, Practice Insight’s landmark investigation into the accumulative impact of the financial crisis is now available
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