Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018, and ...
EC: ESMA should run consolidated tape for fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
US unbundling does not impose fiduciary execution rules on dealers
By Flora McFarlane.
Swap market participants begin using DSB
It appears that swap market participants are beginning to use the service in increasing numbers as the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports a rise in registrations. ...
MiFID II are you ready for 2018?
With the introduction of MiFID II and MiFIR on 3 January 2018, the European financial markets will face the biggest regulatory change they have ever seen. Market ...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
What is best execution and how can firms achieve it?
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management, MarketAxess Europe offers his insights. There is no doubt that MiFID II will have a profound and lasting effect on ...
Evolution through collaboration
MiFID II and electronification are transforming the credit market – How can one benefit from this new environment to access liquidity and how can a stock exchange help? ...
Liquidnet: 39% of buy-side firms rethinking use of TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Financial Conduct Authority approves Trax and Tradeweb for MiFID II Reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
The breakdown: How asset managers are tackling fixed income unbundling
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
Liquidnet's research reveals liquidity conditions improving
A survey of US and European bond traders has revealed that the liquidity in the fixed income markets is improving.
ECB warns ‘dark trading’ may cement bond market fragmentation
A paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled ‘Dark pools in European equity markets: emergence, competition and implications’ has advised firms to be aware of ...
JWG-IT: Buy side overstretched and under-prepared for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane
