15 Nov, 2024 Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
24 Oct, 2024 Joint AFME and Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II Reforms in the EU and the UK By Raza Naeem Karen Cooper Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Stephen Clipsham +2 more... Show less The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Linklaters have published an implementation guide to help EU and UK firms...
27 Mar, 2024 EU authorities issue 11th hour guidance on timing for the application of MiFIR review changes By Karen Cooper Sherryn Buehlmann Benjamin Maconick The European Commission has published a draft interpretative notice to provide clarity to market participants on the transitional...
08 Mar, 2024 EU MiFIR and MiFID II amendments are published in the Official Journal By Stephen Clipsham Following their formal adoption by the Council of the EU on 20 February 2024, the amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...
13 Dec, 2023 Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2024 By Rakhee Pattani Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2024 explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset Management and...
23 Oct, 2023 Finally final: EU MiFID II / MiFIR Review package is finalised as things speed up to implementation By Karen Cooper Nearly 2 years after the European Commission first proposed changes to MiFID II and MiFIR, EU legislators have finally agreed what those...
28 Jan, 2022 ESMA proposes burdensome “sustainability preferences” revisions to its Suitability Guidelines By Vanessa Havard-Williams Peter Bevan Silke Bernard Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Terry Yiangou +3 more... Show less With the integration of sustainability preferences into MiFID II suitability requirements effective from August this year, ESMA has today...
04 Oct, 2021 ESMA report proposes changes to scope of MiFID II algorithmic trading and DEA licensing requirements By Stephen Clipsham On 29 September 2021, ESMA published its long-awaited MiFID II review report on algorithmic trading. The report concludes that no...
01 Oct, 2021 ESMA launches call for evidence on retail investor protection By Stephen Clipsham ESMA has published a call for evidence on a number of retail investor protection topics under MiFID II. The views of the call for...
08 Jun, 2021 Zero commission brokers under review by EU By Linklaters The recent influx of retail investors into trading and increasing popularity of trading apps has brought the zero-commission models...