Thomson Reuters has expanded its e-learning capabilities with new compliance training courses designed to give organisations a clear, concise understanding of the regulatory framework mandated by the European Securities & Markets Authority (ESMA) under MiFID II. Thomson Reuters MiFID II
By Gary Janaway (pictured), Chief Operating Officer, KNEIP – With MiFID II around the corner, now is a good time for asset managers to re-think their approach to distribution. When MiFID II goes live on 3 January, it will be
By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – Fed up with MiFID II yet? We are in the home straight and 3 January is just over the hill. But rather than relief that the finishing line is in sight, many
BGC Partners, a global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, has selected Bloomberg Entity Exchange to help the clients of its EU regulated entities adhere to MiFID II client repapering and rulebook disclosure rules (BGC). BGC has
The Exchange Council European Energy Exchange (EEX) has approved and confirmed all necessary changes to a number of rules and regulations to ensure that the Exchange is fully compliant and prepared for the introduction of MiFID II, which comes into
Commcise, a buy-side focused commission management, research valuation and research accounting platform, and RSRCHXchange, an aggregator and marketplace for institutional research, have teamed up to deliver an integrated research solution to support the research consumption, valuation and accounting data requirements
A subset of structured products traded on the fixed income markets of Nasdaq Helsinki and Nasdaq Stockholm in Genium INET have been classified as securitised derivatives in accordance with MiFIR and MiFID II. The products in question are leverage certificates
The CFTC has issued interpretative guidance providing that a futures commission merchant (FCM), swap dealer (SD), or introducing broker (IB) that receives separate compensation for commodity trading advice is not required to register as a commodity trading adviser. The proviso
TORA, a provider of a cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) solution designed to help firms meet the stricter best execution requirements imposed by MiFID II. TORA’s new
By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – I was recently in New York advising a large sell-side institution on the potential impact of MiFID II. During that meeting, I was talking through why the legislation was being introduced and
