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Anne Plested

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ESMA sets a date for SI compliance

Intended to promote practical convergence and common supervisory approaches and practices, like EMIR and MAR before them, the MiFID II Q&A is fast becoming a favourite on my browser. In its recent Q&A on transparency topics, for example, ESMA has clarified for those firms wondering if, when and how to become a systematic internaliser (SI) ...

08 November 2016 /regulation

The clock’s ticking on MiFID’s extra time

As we edge ever-closer to January 2018, the finer details of MiFID II are yet to fully surface, particularly with regard to RTS 22 and the rules around transaction reporting – undeniably one of the larger pieces of the new regulation. There is still much work to do when it comes to finalising the detailed requirements and the Level 2 RTS are stil...

06 October 2016 /regulation

The ever-growing MiFID II shopping list

Amongst other things, MiFID II’s transparency reforms intend to clean up the quality of post-trade data and eradicate duplicate prints – long-suffered bugbears for investment firms. But in simply stating the rules, ESMA has left buy- and sell-sides puzzling over just how significant a change this is. A look at the cost benefit analysis the regula...

19 September 2016 /regulation

No summer break for MiFID II

You may have noticed that the MiFID II Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) continue to roll off the press at a steady pace signalling finalisation of the Level 2 detail. Last week alone seven RTS documents were adopted by the European Commission, including the long-debated RTS 2 on non-equity transparency and also an RTS on registration of third...

18 July 2016 /regulation

So much to do, so little time

This week’s closing date for the ESMA consultation, which sets out amongst other things a non-exhaustive list of transaction reporting examples as Level 3 guidance, is a keen reminder of just how much there is to be done for MiFID II. This hefty document, published in December last year, is a crucial step that will allow the implementation to pic...

23 March 2016 /regulation

And the MiFID II award for early guidance goes to...

Amidst the on-going rumblings about delays to MiFID II, and the budget and planning uncertainty this has created, it’s good to see that market participants continue to press on with implementation. MiFID II includes many new obligations for venues and, for investment firms, knowing what the exchanges will do fills a significant piece of the puzzle...

20 January 2016 /regulation