Prudential regime for investment firms
Entry into application As our feature article shows (p 2), implementing Europe’s new regime for investment firms, which comprises the […]
ICSA interim meeting, 10 February 2021
The International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA) met in mid-February with Paul Andrews, Secretary General of the International Organization of […]
SFTR reporting obligation
On 13 July 2020 (cf. Financial Newsletter 41), the first phase of the obligation for investment firms and central counterparties […]
Investment firms: new prudential standards
The Regulation (IFR) and Directive (IFD) on the prudential requirements of investment firms published on 4 December 2019 will come into […]
Brexit
European Union (EU) on 24 December of last year. They are expected to be covered by equivalence decisions negotiated in […]
IOSCO Annual Meeting and ICSA meetings, 9-18 November 2020
The annual general meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) was replaced by a series of virtual meetings […]
Brexit
Share trading obligation and derivatives trading obligation In late October ESMA published a statement clarifying the scope of the EU […]
Joint message on Consolidated Tape
EFAMA and EFSA welcome the publication of Market Infrastructure Partners' Study on the Creation of an EU Consolidated Tape
Review of the MiFID II framework
AMAFI responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of the MiFID II framework (AMAFI / 20-32). Repeating many […]
Capital Markets Union – AMAFI-CEPS report
Over recent months, AMAFI has been thinking about ways to reinvigorate the Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative. To tap into […]
AMAFI Product Governance Guide
AMAFI has published an update of its guide to implementing product governance obligations (AMAFI / 20-16), which notably clarifies the […]
Financing for SMEs and mid-tier firms – European liquidity contract
Financing for SMEs and mid-tier firms is vitally important, which is why AMAFI was closely involved in the European Commission’s […]