Tag: MiFID II

Stock Exchange of Thailand SET
February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET educates Thai firms on MiFID II, lauhcnes SET Digital Roadshow

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), in collaboration with Thai Investor Relations Club and Thai Listed Companies Association, informed that it holds a seminar “MiFID II: The New Challenges For Thai Capital Market”, in which experts from Bloomberg and Maybank Kim Eng jointly provide information to listed companies about Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II…

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FCA
February 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA publishes report on Algo Trading including new MiFID II requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just informed the public that it has today published a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading in wholesale markets. The report summarises the key areas of focus for algorithmic trading and highlights areas of good and bad practice observed within previous cross-firm reviews. Automated technology brings significant benefits to…

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New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
January 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID II, GDPR and ESMA: The Not-So-Terrible Trio

The following article was written by FXTM Senior Staff Writer, Ben Lovell-Viggers. It’s been a while since we had a good financial bubble to discuss around the water cooler; bubbles are the punctuation marks in a long history of financial folly. In terms of scale, the leading contender is the legendary South Sea Bubble of…

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January 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Who are the real beneficiaries of MIFID 2?

The following article was written by Bjorn Enqvist, Managing Director at Advanced Markets. I’m sure there aren’t many industry peers who have managed to escape the MIFID 2 avalanche this past year and, perhaps only the frenzy surrounding crypto currencies, ICO and Bitcoin comes close to the boiling hot MIFID 2 topic in 2017. For the…

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January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MiFID II winner: Investment research tech outfit Visible Alpha gets $38M led by Goldman Sachs

Visible Alpha today announced that it has secured an additional $38 million of equity financing. The company will use this investment to fuel its growth and maintain its position among firms driving efficiency, transparency and alpha generation in the institutional research process and helping solve for the research valuation and budgeting requirements of MiFID II.…

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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)
January 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters goes live with key MiFID II services

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it has successfully gone live with its key MiFID II services, helping the financial services industry meet the new regulatory requirements. The new services are part of Thomson Reuters commitment to providing a comprehensive suite of solutions to assist the financial services industry with ensuring ongoing compliance with MiFID…

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Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
January 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes first MiFID II position management controls for commodity derivatives

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a first badge of position management controls under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). MiFID II requires Member States to ensure that an investment firm or a market operator operating a trading venue which trades commodity derivatives apply position management controls. Investment firms or…

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January 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID II – The Brokers Guide

The following article was written by Richard Craddock, Chief Executive Officer of ATFX. In November 2007, just before the financial crisis, the European Union enacted the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). The directive’s goal was to create a unified financial bloc with dynamism and depth of the U.S. capital markets. In 2010, after the crisis,…

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Marex Spectron launches Marex Financial Products structured note business
December 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Marex Spectron gets FCA green light to operate an OTF under MiFID II

Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has announced that it has received approval on its application from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) under MIFID II from January 3, 2018. MiFID II introduces a new category of trading venue called OTFs. An OTF is a multilateral system that is not…

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