Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Spot FX shies away from regulatory yoke
As Europe weighs Aussie-style rules for spot trading, some see benefits – but many fear the burden
EU ‘non-paper’ reveals new effort to delay CCP open access
Negotiations on CCP recovery and resolution could provide a route to postpone Mifid rule
Too much regulation of spot FX could hurt European markets – MEP
A sub-section in the Markets Abuse Regulation could be sufficient oversight, says Ferber
Debelle: regulation could be ‘helpful’ to FX code
As EU weighs regulation of spot market, GFXC chair dismisses key industry argument
Spot FX could be dragged into Mifid II
EC tells Risk.net it is studying Australian-style approach to regulating currency trading
The UK’s path to EU equivalence: détente or detour?
Race to meet post-Brexit cross-border trading requirements will go down to the wire
New Mifid equivalence rules leave UK firms in limbo
Revised market access rules won’t kick in until six months after UK leaves single market
Watch out for Brexit cliff edge 2.0, experts warn
Measures to mitigate a sharp rupture for financial services could be less likely at end-2020
Worth the cost? EU rethinks Mifid disclosure rules
Banks would gladly be rid of cost disclosures, but some clients want them improved, not scrapped
Mifid’s free data mirage vexes markets
Users struggle to access post-trade data despite European regulator’s push for transparency
EU snubs plan to delay CCP open access rules, for now
Attempt to squeeze delay into crowdfunding rules fails, but Mifid review provides last chance
Leaked email reveals new assault on CCP open access rules
Largest group in European Parliament wants to shoehorn delay into crowdfunding legislation
Germany scrambles to shut the door on Mifid open access
Finance ministry will face fine timing to reverse clearing rule during its EU presidency
Why Europe’s markets might need Mifid III
Lawmakers leaning towards small-scale review, others call for fuller rewrite
Clearing house power-downs raise fears among members
Banks question CCP resilience to system outages, as debate swirls over non-default losses
Research house of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2020: Swiss bank pushing its analysts to be more like scientists
Bad clocks block forex best-ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving forex markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some don’t
Poor data hurting buy side’s automated bond trading
Spotty bond liquidity creates gaps in trading data that could harm best execution, insiders warn
We’ve been here before: LEIs take two
LEIs are catching on in Asia
Clearing bank of the year: JP Morgan
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Mifid redux? Esma insists on LEIs for repo collateral
Mifid-style ruling will bar firms from using securities without identifiers in financing transactions
Op risk data: Mifid fines hit $140m
Top five: Deutsche pays €175m to settle derivatives bribery claims. Data by ORX News
Resented elsewhere, Mifid finds love at Esma
Huge cache of data helped Esma spot market abuse and inform policy, head of market data policy says