European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
One Small Step for Esma
In his Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) conference keynote speech last week, Steven Maijoor, the European Securities Markets Authority (Esma) chair took to the stage, and told those present that the legislative phase of European market…
Only Half-Way There in Markets Reform, Says Esma Chair
Speaking at an event organized by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) today in London, Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Market Authorities, says that although ESMA is near to fulfilling the Group-of-20…
EC to Clarify FX Reporting Rule Under EMIR
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation in an attempt to clarify and harmonize the definition and reporting of derivatives contracts falling under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
EU Regulators Emphasize Cyber Risk in Joint Report
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (JCESA) has said that the risk to financial market institutions from cyber attack is grave, and warns that firms must be prepared to consider the resources allocated to this area.
CFTC Opens Discussions on Standard Structure for Global UTI
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun speaking to other regulators about the possibility of creating a standard structure for a global unique transaction identifier
Come for the Pizza, Stay for the Foreign-Exchange Derivatives
CME Europe leads this week's coverage on Sell-Side Technology.
Esma Examines HFT, CSDs in Risk Report
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has released its first report on trends, risks, and vulnerabilities for 2014, choosing to focus, in part, on the effects of high-frequency trading (HFT) and the potential systemic risks posed by…
Trade Identifier Tangle
Unique trade identifiers have quickly emerged as the most complicated element of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation’s trade reporting requirements, which came into effect on February 12. Nicholas Hamilton finds out why using the new identifier…
ESMA Calls for Clarifications on Derivatives Definition
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has asked the European Commission to provide a clear definition of a derivative or derivative contracts falling under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
UTIs, Pre-LEIs Are Top Concerns as EMIR Reporting Begins
Industry participants are worried about confusion surrounding unique trade identifiers and a shortfall in pre-legal entity identifier registrations, as trade reporting requirements come into force for derivatives trades in the European Union
Europe Takes First Steps Toward Electronic Derivatives Trading
With provisional agreement on the Mifid II text by European political authorities, electronic execution of derivatives is set to spread over the Atlantic Ocean in the near future. In terms of equivalence, interoperability, and mutual recognition, how…
FIX Eyes ESMA Talks, User Participation in MMT
Trading standards body FIX Trading Community plans to boost sell-side participation in developing the Market Model Typology trade reporting tag standard, and to broaden the coverage of the standard to new areas, after absorbing the effort under its…
FIX ‘Adopts’ MMT Post-Trade Data Standards
Standards body FIX Trading Community-the organization formerly known as FIX Protocol Ltd, which governs the development of the FIX Protocol-has adopted the Market Model Typology post-trade reporting initiative as a FIX standard, adding support for MMT in…
Keep Calm and Route Order Flow
Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Our American readers will, of course, only be concerned with one sporting result this weekend: Seattle’s thrashing of Denver in New Jersey last night. For those of us on this side of the Atlantic,…
EU OKs MiFID 2; ESMA Wades into Details
After more than three years of negotiations, the European Union last week struck a long-awaited agreement on its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that mandates trading venues to make pre- and post- trade data available on a …
Three Years On, Europe Agrees Mifid II
A raft of new laws regarding the operation of securities markets in Europe is a step closer to becoming a reality, after European authorities clinched a deal regarding the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), known as Mifid…
Esma Updates Derivatives Reporting Guidance
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has clarified its position on the reporting of derivatives, updating an online Q&A with the scope of requirements, as well as the counterparties that it expects to report transactions.
ESMA Seeks Data Expert Advisors
European regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is recruiting market data reporting experts to advise on potential complications stemming from the overlap of recent EU financial regulation.
ICE and CME Receive Trade Repository Approvals
Intercontinental Exchange Group and the CME Group have both received regulatory approval to operate a Trade Repository (TR) for the reporting of swaps and futures trade data under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Bafin 'Mindful' of EMIR Reporting Challenges
A representative of the German regulator said it is aware of the challenges firms face to comply with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, which were highlighted by speakers from the buy- and sell-side at the Frankfurt Financial Information…
ESMA Preps Technical Standards for OTC Clearing
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a discussion paper, as a first step in producing detailed technical standards for the central clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives instruments.
New Company Seeks ESMA Approval For Trade Repository
A new company set up by CapitalTrack, Capital Market Daily Portal and Fincore believes its trade repository will be attractive to market participants because it is not affiliated to a clearing house
Marking Time on Mifid II
Europe, surprisingly, seems to agree on something.
Fall Aim for Mifid II Agreement
Panelists at TradeTech Europe, organized by WBR, debated the scope of regulatory movements in Europe today, with one representative of the European Commission (EC) stating that the timetable for all discussions around the Markets in Financial Instruments…