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MiFID II Unbundling Relief Period Extended to 2023 by SEC
MiFID II Unbundling Relief Period Extended to 2023 by SEC The US Securities and Exchange Commission has granted a three-year extension to the MiFID II relief period for American firms. The SEC will allow US brokers to continue bundling execution...
ESMA Updates Transparency Calculations For Equity And Equity-Like Instruments
ESMA Updates Results of Annual Transparency Calculations for Equity and Equity-Like Instruments On September 23rd, ESMA began to make available the updated annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments. ESMA has claimed...
ESMA Calls for Report On MiFID II Inducements Disclosure Requirements
ESMA Calls For European Commission To Report On Impact of Inducements Disclosure Requirements Under MiFID II As stated in a press release published on July 17, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has requested that the EC (European...
Market Abuse, Insider Trading and the European Energy Market
Europe's Energy Regulators Tackle Market Abuse and Insider Trading In an attempt to increase investor protection and promote market integrity, a number of European energy regulators have joined together to tackle market abuse and insider trading in...
MiFID II Inducements: How Should You Handle Them?
Inducements Under MiFID II MiFID, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, is a fundamental part of the financial law in the European Union. It sets out standards for investment services and activities across the EU, although its influence...
Trade Reporting vs Transaction Reporting: What’s the Difference?
Trade Reporting and Transaction Reporting Under MiFID II In January of 2018, the updated framework of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) was rolled out, marking one of the biggest overhauls to Europe’s financial industry in...
Financial Times UK Warns Financial Advisors of Fake Bitcoin Email Campaign
Fake Bitcoin Email Campaign Imitates FCA Branding Con artists will try anything to make their schemes appear legitimate to unwitting victims. In a recent email doing the rounds to financial advisors, scammers have been impersonating the UK‘s...
The Impact of Poor Quality Data on Best Execution Reporting
Bad Data is Stopping Correct Best Ex Analysis The buy-side is growing increasingly frustrated with low-quality, non-uniform data provided by the sell-side. With RTS 27 and RTS 28 in effect, this poor data is making it harder for the buy-side to...
Can Advisers Keep Up With New Financial Regulations?
Advisers need respite from new regulation The Financial Conduct Authority is walking a "tight rope" balancing between a minimum standard of compliance and promoting competition in the market but advisers must now be allowed respite from new...
Regulating The Crowdfunding Market
Stronger Regulation Needed for the Crowdfunding Market The international crowdfunding market has seen incredible growth over the last seven years. In fact, in 2010 the overall funding raised via this method hadn’t even hit the $1 billion mark, and...
An Overview of the EU’s Latest Financial Regulations
Regulation Round-Up The month of May saw a swathe of new financial regulations published by ESMA as well as many European National Competent Authorities. This roundup, sourced from Proskauer, will help you get to terms with the most significant of...
MiFID II, Crypto Assets and the Cryptocurrency Market
MiFID II, Crypto Assets and the Cryptocurrency Market In December of 2017, Bitcoin made international headlines after its value skyrocketed to just under 15,000 GBP per bitcoin. The rate of growth which Bitcoin exhibited throughout 2017, as well as...
ESMA’s Approach to a No-Deal Brexit
How will ESMA respond to a no-deal Brexit? In recent months, the political landscapes of both Britain and mainland Europe have been dominated by talks of Brexit. Perhaps more than any other event in recent history, Brexit will seriously impact the...
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