European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
Michael Shashoua: Question Time for Mifid II Opponents
The industry’s likely successful effort to postpone Mifid II’s compliance deadline by a year to January 2018 is only a temporary salve for a lack of effort on straightening out data management, which could have made the lobbying unnecessary, Michael…
Is MiFID II Deadline Delay Justified?
Firms seemingly still have enough time to prepare for January 2017
RSRCHXchange Preps for Hiring Spree, Content Push
The research platform says its expansion plans are in response to increased takeup of its services.
Panel: EU Data Reg ‘Monster' Yet to be Tamed
Firms are struggling with competing demands from regulators.
ESMA on Track with Centralized Data Repository for MiFIR
'Big fish' have joined regulators' project, says committee chair
ESMA Gives Ratings Nod to Poland's INC Ratings
INC's registration brings the total number of ESMA-approved rating agencies to 25.
Requiem For Sibos
Annual financial messaging and standards conference yielded unexpected turns on key topics like ISO 20022, KYC and instrument identifiers
The Regulatory Reporting System Question: Retrofit or Greenfield?
Frankfurt event panel debates both options' value for compliance and meeting deadlines
Frankfurt Regulation Roadshow Panel: Retro-fit vs. Greenfield Regulatory Reporting Systems
Panelists debate different approaches to regulatory reporting in order to maintain compliance and to meet regulatory deadlines.
Digesting MiFIR's Technical Standards
Experts weigh in on data management and governance challenges that regulation brings
Diversification Key to Successful Clearing Mandate
Recovery and resolution plans may not be sufficient to mitigate systemic risk or the creation of 'too-big-to-fail' central counterparties.
ESMA’s ‘Final Countdown’ to MiFID 2 Targets Time Synch, Data Disaggregation
ESMA's new rules target time synchronization to ensure consistent, standardized timestamps for best execution.
Identifier Consultation Deadline Nears
Responses to framers of Unique Trade Identifier due by end of September
Common Traits Emerge in European Regulation
Regulatory roadshow event speakers see similarities for compliance with MiFID II and Solvency II
Tough Time: MiFID II Clock Synchronization Proposals Seen as Too Harsh
Jock Percy, founder and CEO of managed services provider Perseus, says the Mifid II requirements to sync industry clocks go too far.
Next Steps For the LEI
Growing LEI issuance has improved reporting, but what comes next?
Broker Commissions: The Great Unbundling Bungle
Handling sell-side research and commissions has typically been a mundane and relatively simple function for investment managers. But regulatory authorities in Europe are about to turn the process upside down with a little-known but potentially impactful…
FIX Trading Community Launches Regulatory Subgroups in Mifid II Response
Six new subgroups to address technical standards resulting from Mifid II regulatory change.
Adapting To Data Centralization Directives
OTC derivatives data management and distribution sees changes under EMIR projects
DTCC Taps Risk Focus for ESMA Level 2 Rules Coverage
DTCC will use Validate.Trade engine internally for its pre-UAT testing for its Global Trade Repository service.
ESMA Hammering Out Liquidity Calculations
European regulators considering how to classify non-equity instruments
ESMA Board Member: Capital Market Union Shouldn't 'Reinvent the Wheel'
Konstantinos Botopoulos speaks at the 2015 Buy-Side Technology European Summit in London.
IRD's Editor on Data Centralization Efforts
Centralization emerges as a focus in several data endeavors
Centralization Moves to the Foreground
Without collection and coordination of data, high quality is difficult to achieve