European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
FCA ‘working in background’ on Mifid commodity limits rules
Regulator builds out reporting platform to monitor position limit breaches
Repo markets left guessing by new EU reporting rules
Record-keeping obligations of SFTR already in force, but no guidance on data fields
Esma set to backtrack on mandatory asset segregation
Maintaining the status quo would avoid disrupting securities financing and collateral reuse
EU trading obligation threatens US equivalence
Rigid criteria and poor data could make EU regime too narrow to achieve US recognition
AIFs may struggle to meet March margin deadline
Lawyers warn some AIFs may not be ready for the start of Europe's variation margin regime
Final EU non-cleared margin rules softened for pension funds
No margin concentration limits for pension funds, but intragroup rules threaten US equivalence
Data providers wrestle with systematic internaliser status
Covering 80% of venues is considered enough to approximate total market size under Mifid II
EU net margin rules are riskier than US regime, warns CFTC
Commission’s Bandman raises margin financing as emerging systemic risk to CCPs
Dealers leave buy side guessing on Mifid trade reporting
Clients face tougher reporting rules if dealers don’t become systematic internalisers
UK resists expansive view of Mifid II position limits
FCA suggests limits shouldn’t apply to OTC trades between non-EU entities
Esma buys time to fix broken client clearing chains
Two-year clearing delay for small firms might allow indirect model to be built
Data muddle fears follow EC adoption of key Mifid RTS
Industry wants to avoid the emergence of multiple identifiers and is worried ISINs will not be adopted globally for derivatives
Brexit sparks worries about trade reporting
UK energy firms fear leaving EU may usher in new layer of reporting rules
Esma grasps at solution to Mifid data woes
UK to stay in data aggregation project despite Brexit
CCPs and Brexit: don’t forget the rest of the world
Losing equivalence with the US could be more serious than arguments over the location of euro clearing
Not so fast, François: EU clearing land grab is complex
ECB cannot (yet) make post-Brexit demand for euro clearing to leave London
EU energy firms fret over ‘massive’ impact of CRD IV
Regulators should adjust capital regime for asset-heavy commodity companies, conference hears
Blockchain creators call for new reference data paradigm
Derivatives trade identifiers to leverage off cryptographic hashes
EU energy firms uneasy over inside information proposals
List of information expected or required to be disclosed under the Market Abuse Regulation is 'misleading', say industry groups
Isda support makes ISIN adoption all but certain
Future of alternatives in doubt as ISINs integrate Isda taxonomy
Energy firms under pressure to improve trade surveillance
Monitoring at most energy firms inadequate for regulation, say consultants
Esma changes to position limits seen as ‘sensible’
Regulator allows higher limits for less liquid commodity derivative contracts
Banks fear early rollout of EU margin rules for forex forwards
Industry calls on EC to clarify when foreign exchange forwards will be subject to variation margining
Brexit fears stall regulatory preparations
Dealers waiting until August to implement key FRTB decisions