European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
Energy traders hit back at French regulator over interview
Industry group blasts AMF stance on Mifid II ancillary business test
Mifid II research rules will clash with US law, industry warns
Ban on 'free' research will harm smaller firms, say banks and asset managers
StanChart undergoes shake-up in forex, rates and credit
Gulabani leaves Standard Chartered; Bagguley promoted at Barclays; Santander hires new forex head; and more
Eurex and LCH reject one-day margin regime for futures
Decision on whether to copy US rules still in the balance, says Esma
EU members of US options CCP face $30bn capital hit
OCC fears approval will be held up by absence of SEC clearing rules
Esma adds new board members, and other recent job news
Lourdes Centeno and Elisabeth Roegele join EU financial regulator
Europe edges closer to final Emir clearing timeline
Deadline could arrive in mid-June; pressure to resolve EU-US dispute grows
Irish central bank warns of swaps market shut-out
Official says current clearing capacity “will be saturated” by Emir demand
Q&A: Italy's structured products body on complexity crackdown
Acepi chair Dario Savoia talks Consob, Priips and complex products
Esma's Maijoor welcomes calls for broader buy-side stress tests
Panellists at Bank of England forum urge asset managers to take more open approach
New firm to join EU derivatives repository melee
Two years into regime, Abide Financial targets trades it sends to Regis-TR
BP mulls restructuring of trading unit over Mifid II
Oil major expects to need Mifid II licence in time for 2017 deadline
Mifid II delegated acts unlikely before end-2015
Further delay to rules could leave firms scrambling to prepare for implementation
Note to Brussels: energy firms are not banks
Extending capital requirements to commodities firms is a mistake
Banks and platforms brace for Mifir privacy reporting wrangle
Mifid II reporting could breach third-country privacy laws
Mifid II threatens best execution data 'nightmare'
Buy- and sell-side critics attack requirement to publish all RFQs
Mifid II commodity rules agreed at 'last minute', officials say
Amid outcry, EU regulator suggests delaying capital rules for energy traders
Banks underwhelmed by post-trade disclosure relief for packages
Mifid II RTS stop short of easing pre-trade transparency requirements
Mifid changes will avert 'race-to-the-bottom' pricing – industry
Market participants praise Esma's move to relax pre-trade transparency requirements for RFQ
Esma's Mifir endorsement of ISIN identifiers questioned
Markit and Bloomberg claim Red codes and Figis should be used for trade reporting
Expected delay to non-EU CCP approval risks frontloading panic
Lawyers fear scramble to close out trades
People: Deutsche adds new financial institutions co-head
Celeste Guth joins Deutsche as co-head of the financial institutions group; UBS shakes up US rates; Wetjen heads to DTCC
Confusion reigns over Mifid transparency in forex
Banks could still be forced to disclose quotes under Mifir despite Mifid reprieve
Energy firms blast new Mifid II rules on commodities
Industry expects ‘serious negative consequences’ from Esma proposals