Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Mifir)
EU retail investment regulation extended to cover insurance
Esma opinion may dilute Priips upon implementation, say observers
OTFs and Sefs: equivalence in doubt
European legislators are close to finalising their derivatives execution rules, but trading platforms are concerned the OTF framework may be sufficiently different to US Sef rules to scupper any chance of equivalence determinations. By Tom Osborn
Regulators clash on Mifid waivers
Some regulators and brokers have expressed fears that exemptions included in Mifid may mean European rules on trade execution are not equivalent to the US – but a key parliamentarian disagrees
Officials blindsided by CFTC's Sef footnote 88, says Ferber
Senior MEP says officials from US and Europe only recognised dangers of Sef rules footnote in recent weeks
Esma: overburdened and under-resourced?
Esma under pressure
Energy markets face huge change under Mifid II
New ground rules
Esma: questions grow as Emir deadline looms
Esma under pressure
Risk.net poll: G-20 will not meet deadline for OTC derivatives reforms
The vast majority of respondents to a Risk.net poll do not believe G-20 members will meet the end-2012 deadline for all standardised OTC derivatives to be cleared through CCPs
Mifid II update: potential position limits and narrowed exemptions likely for commodity traders
Mifid II update: potential position limits and narrowed exemptions likely for commodity traders