MiFID II Review: EC could allow payment for order flow in Europe
An ongoing review of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) has seen debate on the ...
Market reflects grim situation in Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 by Russia, wedded to subsequent sanctions and travel restrictions have triggered a series of market responses with the value ...
TransFICC launches fixed income consolidated tape pilot
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has launched a new initiative to develop a ...
Ferber says ESMA ‘too powerful’ in new EC consolidated tape plan
The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures designed to improve the ability of companies to raise capital across the European Union (EU), including ...
FILS 2021: Buy-side needs to make more noise for the right data
Data providers and regulators concur that the buy-side needs to communicate more clearly with politicians and suppliers if they are to get baseline bond data, and more ...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
Pete Tomlinson, director of post trade, AFME.
Over stimulating?
The biggest new-issue news over the past week has been the biggest ever European stimulus package – the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) recovery plan – and getting allocations ...
European Commission pushes consolidated tape for primary and secondary bond market
The European Commission (EC) has set out a wide ranging process to “stimulate the openness, strength and resilience of the EU's economic and financial system” as it ...
FILS Day 2: Heat around the consolidated bond tape
Elizabeth Brooks Callaghan, director for secondary markets, ICMA.
EC’s new Capital Markets Union Action Plan drives equity consolidated tape forward
The European Commission has published a new Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU) over the coming years. The EU's top priority today is ...
Regulators to take tougher line on green bonds
Green bonds have become popular in recent years but the lack of transparency over how proceeds are invested has made some investors nervous. This is why regulators such ...
EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President, European Commission
