The value of Bitcoin has exploded over the last two months and today the cryptocurrency climbed for the first time over $3,000. Reason enough for many to get in the game and bet on a further rise. To do so, you need a Bitcoin wallet, which serves to store the information necessary to transact bitcoins. …
The Government of Gibraltar published recently a public consultation for a DLT regulatory framework. Gibraltar says it recognises the potential of the technology that underpins decentralised virtual currencies and its many other financial and non-financial use cases for DLT, including in government and the wider public sector. While other governments have been more hesitant to address …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 14 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The new Q&As cover the topics of ‘information on costs and charges’, ‘post-sale reporting’, and ‘appropriateness’. The …
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High-Frequency Traders often are very secretive people when it comes to numbers. However, every now and then something comes out, either through company announcements or through company fillings, for example, of the UK and European branches. We’ve researched and analysed everything we could get our hands on and came up with the following ranking of …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today the Final Report on product governance guidelines under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) regarding the target market assessment by manufacturers and distributors of financial products. The requirements on product governance were introduced under MiFID II to enhance investor protection by regulating …
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Blockchain has caused a funding frenzy that is often compared with the Wild West. In 2016 alone funding in the industry has increased to over $850 million according to Funderbeam. Its Blockchain Industry Report outlines that though the total number of rounds has been decreasing since 2014, the total funding has increased, making the funding …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its Q&A on practical questions regarding the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The updated Q&As include new answers regarding: Disclosure of inside information related to Pillar II requirements; and Blanket cancellation of orders policy. The purpose of this document is to promote common …
Blockchain technology is going to transform the financial industry in the coming years. This is likely to cause regulatory change, in particular with regard to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws. This post will look at how financial instruments based on Blockchain will impact AML regulation – and vice versa. When the German regulator BaFIN a year ago …
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ASIC, the Australian regulator, will establish a new regtech industry liaison network, conduct a number of new technology trials using regtech applications and establish a ‘hackathon’ later this year to help identify roadblocks to the successful and rapid take-up of the sector. The initiatives are among a range of proposals covered in Report 523 ASIC’s …
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Hedge Funds have come under pressure in recent times. Firstly, they are almost always blamed when things go wrong in the financial world – take the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. What followed was more regulatory scrutiny. Then they found it difficult to make money like in their heydays before the crisis, which in turn …
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