Regulation Archive

UK markets watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority has called on the industry to help regulators get MiFID II's technical standards "right first time" once the directive's text is finalised. read more>

Six years after implementation, Reg NMS's days may be numbered, with the Securities and Exchange Commission planning a wholesale review of US equity market structure and a respected analyst calling for market participants to make their views known. read more>

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has launched a reporting protocol aimed at helping market participants comply with mandatory trade reporting rules. read more>

In a speech given to the Australian Shareholders Association by ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft last week, he made favourable comments about both dark pools and high-frequency trading (HFT), concluding that they had become the "new norm". read more>

The UK's financial markets regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, has increased pressure on UK-based trading venues to better mitigate potential systemic risks through a new consultation paper. read more>

The UK's legal challenge to the proposed European financial transaction tax may lead to delays, but asset managers must keep up to speed to respond quickly when implementation details emerge, an expert has warned. read more>

How will Britain’s new financial markets regulatory structure change how the City is represented in Europe? read more>

A loophole created by the exception of OTC derivatives from the issuance principle in the European financial transaction tax proposal needs to be closed as it could "prove detrimental" to the tax's success, a European Parliament report says. read more>

Liquidity in derivatives instruments on Deutsche Börse's Eurex platform could shift to competitors NYSE Liffe and Nasdaq's new NLX venue as a new German law requires high-frequency trading firms to register with national regulator BaFin. read more>

The Italian financial transaction tax has caused a lull in broker crossing network activity and a rise in trades reported to exchanges and multilateral trading facilities, figures show after a full month of implementation. read more>