Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
Top venues mull offering joint EU consolidated tape
Market participants worry venue-led CT is designed to protect high-cost data services
In over their heads? How greenwashing overwhelms regulators
Difficult to identify and difficult to prove: asset managers doubt regulators’ ability to crack down
EU firms call for single consolidated tape provider
Some say new rules could create data fragmentation and raise connectivity costs
How ‘open’ became ‘random’ in Mifir open access CCP rule
EU clearing monopolies endure as share trades are rarely cleared at end-users’ chosen CCP
Mifid’s derivatives open access poses ‘dire consequences’
Diminishing support for CCP open access ahead of European Commission review
Firms doubt benefits of EU Mifid best execution reform
Esma proposal retains unpopular aggregated reporting; bankers want more cost-benefit analysis
Banks warn it’s too early for an OTC swaps consolidated tape
Market participants say Isin difficulties need to be resolved in order to create a usable tape
Mizuho tries its hand in European rates
Japanese bank bets on handful of deep relationships to compete in crowded European market
Banks hail UK plan to pare scope of taxing pre-trade reporting
UK wants to exempt bonds and OTC derivatives from Mifid rules on pre-trade transparency
UK aims to beat EU in Mifid swaps reporting stakes
UK follows up proposed EU solution to confusion over post-trade transparency with its own fix
UK tipped to take lead on consolidated tape provision
Fixed income focus could pip European Union in race to provide market data golden source
EC drafting proposal for derivatives consolidated tape
Commission official says beta version ready for testing in 2023 will also include equities, bonds and ETFs
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
EU funds shudder at Mifid transaction reporting plan
Repeated Esma recommendations would increase costs of single portfolio management services
Esma plan ‘won’t help’ fix Mifid swaps data problem
Dealers say proposal to force disclosure of all big-bank OTC derivatives trades won’t improve data
Special K-factors: new buy-side capital regime sized to fit
Overhaul of capital regulations could hit European investors’ op risk capital calculations
Esma dithers over mandatory LEIs for repo collateral
The risk of no-trade lists due to SFTR hasn’t stimulated the uptake of LEIs outside Europe
No short answer: hedge funds hesitate on Europe’s ESG rules
SFDR sustainability calculations leave firms uncertain how short positions should be disclosed
Some dealers are much cheaper than others; now you know who
New system will name the three cheapest dealers for liquid securities and show how much they cost
Has Covid stopped the clocks on FX timestamp efforts?
Budget reallocation may not be the only factor stalling standardisation progress, say participants
UK snuffs out hopes of end to midpoint trading ban
Financial Conduct Authority resists calls to diverge from EU’s tick size regime
CCP open access will be ‘integral’ part of Mifid review
EC official says politicians will need to decide whether to further delay open access
UK Treasury opens door to ditching Mifid open access rules
Champion of competition in derivatives clearing may throw in the towel