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Trading & Investment
Research in an Unbundled World
By Roland De Marsangy | 08/02/2018
Buy-side firms are finding their way to new ways of profiting from their research, and market volumes appear unaffected in the early stages of the MiFID II era.
Structural Regulation
LEIs: Asia Following the Rest of the World
By Tony Freeman | 18/01/2018
Firms in the region either embrace, endure or avoid MiFID II’s LEI requirement, but must accept that it’s not just regulations from the US which now have a profound extraterritorial impact.
Trading & Investment
ESMA Publishes List of Derivatives Subject to MiFID II Trading Rules
By Samuel Riding | 11/01/2018
Listed securities must be traded on regulated markets or organised trading facilities; no APAC venues yet to be granted equivalency.
Trading & Investment
ESMA Gives Investment Firms, Issuers More Time on LEIs
By Editors | 21/12/2017
Six months forbearance to be allowed for obtaining LEI codes from clients, non-EU issuers of financial instruments.
Structural Regulation
MiFID II: Everything European Banks Active in Asia Need to Know
By Fabienne Sayarath | 07/12/2017
Exploring key issues including the status of local subsidiaries, trading venue uncertainty, transaction reporting and more as the deadline looms.
Structural Regulation
Europe Tightens Rules on Overseas Credit Rating Endorsements
By Editors | 20/11/2017
Regulator says about two thirds of credit ratings used for regulatory purposes in the EU cover non-EU issuers of financial instruments.
Market Risk
OTC Margining in Asia – Still Unfinished Business
By Matthieu Sachot | 31/07/2017
With the 1st September deadline looming, three key points – besides the risk of regulatory breach – are gaining the financial industry’s attention in Asia.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ESMA to Cooperate with New Zealand Regulators on CCPs
By Editors | 20/04/2017
MoU recognises New Zealand’s CCPs as able to provide clearing to EU clearing members, trading venues.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Hosts EU-APAC Regulators Forum
By Samuel Riding | 17/10/2016
Representatives from both jurisdictions’ regulators discuss financial regulation, collaboration
Structural Regulation
Let the Games Begin
By Peter Guy | 04/07/2016
Regulation reform must painfully follow political twists and turns amid fight to reposition EU ahead of UK.
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