Organised trading facility (OTF)
Hostage situation: venues slam cost of European Isin utility
Trading venues bemoan commercial terms of service vital to Mifid II swaps reporting
Esma guidance on swaps transparency still leaves questions
Volatile instrument attributes removed from transparency determination, but further issues remain
Reporting rules key for EU-US swaps trading equivalence
Market participants welcome outcomes-based approach, but need clarity where rules differ
EU-US swaps trading equivalence tipped for November
Hong Kong and Singapore unlikely to be deemed equivalent for start of Mifid II
Not on the list: Mifid’s systematic internaliser mystery
Self-identification of systematic internalisers in derivatives could fuel buy-side confusion
EU trading obligation threatens packaged trades
Banks warn they will have to break up packages and face higher costs for hedging
Brokers brace for Mifid II squeeze
Further consolidation is forecast for the interdealer broker industry as Mifid II looms
Day of the Mifids: what happens on January 3?
Continued ambiguities in the rules could hit European market liquidity at the start of 2018
Regulators split on Mifid swaps transparency
Esma and FCA divided over when participants must determine whether derivatives are trading on-venue
Tradeweb’s Mifid bilateral trading plans draw fire
New process will class privately executed trades as on-venue to satisfy trading obligation
Numbers game: Mifid guidance adds to swaps trading confusion
Market participants say using strike price to determine trading obligation will be impossible
EU regulators consider Mifid electronic trading lock-out
Moves to restrict third-country firms from offering direct electronic access blamed on Brexit
The spirit is willing, but the drafting is weak
Asking firms to operate in the spirit of the law will not solve Mifid trading venue confusion
Identity crisis: venues still struggle with Mifid designations
Lack of clarity on multilateral and matched principal definitions leaves market participants guessing
CFTC looks to strengthen oversight of trading obligation
Chief counsel at CFTC highlights weaknesses of bottom-up approach to MAT determinations
FCA urges progress on equivalency for derivatives trading
US and EU regulators should base recognition decisions on outcomes, not technical details
EU trading obligation threatens US equivalence
Rigid criteria and poor data could make EU regime too narrow to achieve US recognition
Data providers wrestle with systematic internaliser status
Covering 80% of venues is considered enough to approximate total market size under Mifid II
Dealers leave buy side guessing on Mifid trade reporting
Clients face tougher reporting rules if dealers don’t become systematic internalisers
Non-MTF products may let energy firms escape Mifid II
Critics slam 'loophole' as Germany's EEX launches new power and gas instruments
Dealer-run platforms face hard choices under Mifid II
MTF, OTF or SI: three options, but none that banks like
Mifid II a 'deal killer' for some swaps, corporates warn
Requirement to broadcast quotes could end trading in certain swaps
Mifid II threatens end to ‘mates’ rates’ in OTC market
Transparency rules for bilateral trades will end relationship-based pricing, banks warn
Mifid II commodities impact to hinge on trading venues
Market participants worry about all-important OTF designation