European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
EU capital requirements worry commodity trading firms
Rules would cost billions and push up cost of risk management, industry argues
EC calls for more time to vet foreign CCP oversight
Third extension "necessary and proportionate", says EC internal document
Banks welcome Esma clarification on foreign subsidiaries
Regulators reach "logical conclusion" on third-country entities
Evasion concerns hamper Mifid package trade fix
Esma working on package trades, but "too premature" to discuss a solution
EU commodity position limits prove tricky to hammer out
Energy companies worried by lack of detail on how Mifid II rules will work
Esma considering revisions to CSDR buy-in technical standards
Extra-territoriality, costs, information gaps in settlement chains are challenges
EU commodity position limits too cumbersome, firms say
Mifid II proposals seen as bad for end-users and market liquidity
Metals traders shun clearing due to Emir, says LME chief
Emir segregated accounts pushing firms to trade OTC, says Jones
Lawyers back Esma in clearing dispute with EC
Clash leaves clearing timeline in "uncharted territory"
Esma to step up smart beta scrutiny
Regulator set to focus on backtesting and replicability of index products
Mifid II to cause shake-out in hedge fund derivatives trading
New requirements may lead to consolidation among small funds
Q&A: Esma’s Patrick Armstrong on Mifid II and Priips
The watchdog’s priorities for 2015 include drawing up new powers of product intervention
CFTC urged to co-operate with EU on position limits
US rules should take effect simultaneously with Mifid II, argues FIA
Issuers face big legal bills under EU prospectus plans – Icma
Trade body says issuers will face unnecessary legal and compliance bills under Esma plans
EC to delay frontloading of cleared swaps
Victory for industry as EC tells Esma it will amend proposals
AIFMD segregation power lies with depository banks
Prime brokers forced to comply and change models, says lawyer
New frontloading threshold stirs up MEPs
"Hard to see" how plans honour EC pledge to avoid harm, says Swinburne
PB lobbying perceived to soften Esma on asset segregation
Surprise AIFMD provisions do not require strict AIF segregation
Esma proposes two options for PB asset segregation
AIFMD consultation to be followed by final report in Q2 2015
DTCC and Regis-TR blamed for low futures matching rates
Repositories will change stance next year following intervention by Esma
First wave of EU client clearing to catch estimated 400 firms
Two of the 30 firms contacted by Risk say they will fall into Emir’s crucial category two
Commodity trading firms piece together Mifid II jigsaw
Complexity makes precise effect of EU legislation difficult to predict
European regulators issue fresh Kid proposals
ESAs propose visual representations of risk in key information document
LCH rebuffs fears of NDF clearing crunch
ForexClear the only CCP currently authorised to clear NDFs