31 March 2017

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ESMA issues final specifications for non-equity tape under MiFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the scope of the consolidated tape for bonds, structured finance products, emission allowances and derivatives. The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) introduces the concept of consolidated tape providers (CTPs). CTPs will collect post-trade information published by trading venues …

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FCA publishes near final rules on MiFID II and encourages firms to submit applications for MiFID II authorisation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published near final rules on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II. These include changes to the trading of financial instruments including issues affecting trading venues, transparency of trading and algorithmic and high frequency trading. The FCA is also providing an update on the …

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The Fake News Threat for Financial Institutions – How to save your bank (or any other kind of firm)

Fake news is a powerful instrument to influence elections, stir anti-immigrant sentiment or drive share prices up and down. Especially in financial markets information is central to the direction prices of securities move and well-placed misinformation or fake news can have disastrous consequences. When the Pope endorsed Donald Trump for President close to a million …

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ESMA provides implementing details for SFTR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a final report on standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of securities financing transactions (SFTs). With these transactions cash or securities are borrowed against collateral composed of securities, commodities or cash – this includes repurchase transactions, securities …

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