Mifid
Preparation is everything
Compliance with the November deadline for Mifid is what firms are focusing on. Business opportunities come second, reports Ellen Davis
Keeping an eye on complacency
When it comes to AML initiatives, companies are displaying a worrying disregard for the perils of this criminal threat, despite recognising it as such. By Ellen Davis
New Mifid trade body established
LIBA, AFEI, ASSOSIM and SSDA set up new trade body as a forum for European regulatory changes.
German implementation of Mifid
Germany unlikley to meet Mifid November deadline.
FSA Handbook changes
FSA modifies Handbook to take account of Mifid.
Celent publishes new Mifid impact study
Post-trade reporting and market data provisions will be the first areas affected by Mifid, says Celent.
FSA out with final transposition of Mifid
The FSA has published a Policy Statement and Handbook text that finalises its transposition of Mifid for FSA-regulated firms
FSA’s Waters points to confusion over Mifid and UCITS interplay
Mifid and the UCITS Directive create uncertainty as to their interplay in practice.
JWG-IT and Eukleia Training announce Mifid training initiative
JWG-IT Group and Eukleia Training partner up for new Mifid training initiative.
Microsoft and partners to offer “Mix and Match” Mifid solutions
Microsoft and its partners have launched a new package of solutions to help firms comply with the main challenges of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid).
Project Boat selects business and technology partners
Project Boat selects Cinnober Financial Technology as technology provider and Markit Group Limited as business partner.
Emerging market debt more 'manageable', according to IIF
New types of securities, particularly derivatives, have contributed to making emerging market debt more “manageable” than ever before, according to the Washington-based Institute of International Finance.
Italian regulator to use CDS data
Interdealer broker GFI has started providing credit default swap (CDS) data to the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, the Italian securities market regulator (Consob)- possibly for market surveillance purposes.
AMF publishes Mifid consultation paper
AMFpublishes consultation document setting out a draft amended Book III of its General Regulation in relation to Investment Service Providers.
FSA warns Mifid could increase market abuse and announces new financial crime division
The UK Financial Services Authority warns that Mifid could make it more difficult to monitor market abuse.
MiFID Connect releases draft guidelines
MiFID Connect guides you through UK thinking on five MiFID issues.
2007 compliance costs a major worry says survey
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to CBI/PWC questionnaire fear increased spending
CESR issues consultation paper on the use of reference data standard codes in transaction reporting
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) issues CP on reference data codes for MiFID
CESR publishes consultation paper on the passport under MiFID
CESR has published a consultation paper on the passport under MiFID that sets out proposals for a common approach to the notification procedures
Kroes warns exchanges not to hamper post-Mifid platform
The European Union’s antitrust regulator yesterday warned stock exchanges that they must not prevent new trading platforms from emerging under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid).
UK financial firms face £1 billlion start-up bill for Mifid
UK-based financial services firms could face a £1 billion bill for implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) estimates.
Industry opposes extension of Mifid transparency to bonds and non-equities
Feedback statement on Mifid transparency shows industry doubts into further regulation.
Nine Banks Organize to Build Mifid Utility
LONDON—Nine global securities firms have gone public with plans to create a trade data and market data dissemination platform to take advantage of the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) market structure reforms.
B ü rgenstock 2006: Regulators 'out of touch' on Mifid
Many European regulators and firms are still not ready for the effects of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), warned delegates attending the Swiss Futures & Options Assocation annual conference in Burgenstock, Switzerland, today…