European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
Corporates fear end to Emir's hedge exemption
Counting all trades towards clearing threshold ‘would be a nightmare’
Latin alternative funds eye Asia following passport decision
AIFMD 'driving' South American business to Singapore
EBA proposes trade-by-trade CVA test for non-EU corporates
Banks would have to check whether exemption applies each time they trade
Esma urges EC to bin frontloading
Benefits of retroactive clearing are "undermined" by its drawbacks, Esma finds
AIFMD passport denial will impact Asian managers most
Hedge fund industry decries Esma's shutting of door on most offshore funds
Fresh delay will push EU-US CCP row into September
Decision had been expected in July; dealers sceptical new timeline will hold
Structured products market blasts Mifid II complexity test
Strict classification of structured products into 'complex' and 'non-complex' criticised
Video: Alberto Pototschnig, director of Acer
Acer director talks about progress on Remit and power market coupling
Energy firms concerned by Mifid II ‘ability test’
Expansive definition of financial instruments worries firms such as utilities
Mifid II adjustments fail to ease energy firms' worries
Revised ancillary business exemption would still catch large and mid-sized utilities
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
Risk ratings rumpus: industry at odds over Priips methodologies
Dealers, regulators and distributors split on way forward for key information document risk indicators
Malaysia's missed opportunity in equity derivatives
Asian financial crisis saw Malaysia move from vangard to slow lane of Asia's markets
Impact of Mifid II on commodities sparks heated debate
Industry and regulators clash during discussion of tightened commodity rules
CCP wrangling sparks new frontloading fears
Dealers fear trades could be booked at CCPs they are not able to use
EU regulators clash over structured products risk ratings
Months-long delay to discussion paper said to owe to squabbles between national regulators
In-depth introduction: Mifid II
New rules have the power to transform markets - and baffle participants
Mifid II will strangle package trades, industry warns
Disclosure rules may catch multi-part trades if any component is deemed liquid
EU regulator renews attack on US CCP margin rules
Esma’s Verena Ross warns against one-day regime for house accounts
Energy groups fight back on key Mifid II exemption
Industry groups push “sensibly higher” thresholds to escape grip of Mifid rules
Esma said to be mulling softer Mifid transparency rules
Meetings held within Esma on June 4 and 5, as regulator weighs options
EC's Hill points to April 2016 start for swaps clearing
EC and Esma have agreed rules - legislators now have six months to endorse them
Esma's proposed AIF segregation will destroy liquidity
Tri-party collateral management "impossible" under AIFMD guidelines
Mifid II to result in massive transaction reports increase
New reporting rules bring technology challenges for managers