by Charlie Gearon | Aug 29, 2019
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 Commission) provide...
by Charlie Gearon | Aug 15, 2019
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 the European...
by Benjamin Parker | Aug 6, 2019
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 stretches beyond...
by Benjamin Parker | Jul 29, 2019
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 decades. The new...
by Charlie Gearon | Jul 29, 2019
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 Financial Conduct...
by Charlie Gearon | Jun 27, 2019
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 comply with MiFID’s...
