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Five years after being pushed on to trading venues in the US by the Dodd-Frank Act, over-the-counter derivatives players are beating a similar path in Europe, under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II. Most people think MiFID II has been a worse experience, and will make it harder for small players. But efficiency gains may follow. Ross Lancaster reports. -
MiFID II rips up the market rulebook — and replaces it with a whole bookshelf of new rulebooks. Entire divisions have worked flat out to get ready for the regulation’s official start on January 3, and it’s certain to overturn the established competitive order. Nell Mackenzie looks at the winners and losers.
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MiFID II might qualify as one of the wonders of the modern world. At 1.5m paragraphs, including all its appendages, it swathes a blanket of mind-numbing verbiage around activities that were once fast and exciting.In that sense, it is the embodiment of modern financial markets and of modernity itself. By Jon Hay.
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Regulators responsible for drawing up the technical standards for the 'simple, transparent, standardised' (STS) framework for European securitization have published five draft consultation papers, seeking industry comment through March.
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The London Stock Exchange this week reaffirmed its commitment to open access under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, as major European exchanges and clearing houses (CCPs) were granted exemptions from the requirement until July 3 2020.
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The truth about MiFID II, probably the most far-reaching reform of European equity capital markets for many years, will begin to be revealed on January 3, when market participants have to start implementing this huge new addition to the rule book.
