On 14 October 2019, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors providing progress updates on its ongoing work on market fragmentation. In its June 2019 report on market fragmentation, the FSB identified four areas for further work to address market fragmentation. The latest report provides a … Continue Reading
On 14 October 2019, the FICC Markets Standards Board published a final statement of good practice on conflicts of interest. The main purpose of the statement is to provide fixed income currencies and commodities (FICC) market participants with guidance as they consider ways in which to identify, manage or mitigate conflicts of interest that arise … Continue Reading
On 11 October 2019, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) jointly published the fourth progress report on the implementation of the second phase of the G20 data gaps initiative (DGI-2). The report provides an overview of the progress made since September 2018 in addressing the issue of post-crisis data gaps and … Continue Reading
On 9 October 2019, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report setting out governance arrangements for the globally harmonised Unique Product Identifier (UPI) and the unique transaction identifier (UTI). In addition, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report on governance arrangements for … Continue Reading
On 8 October 2019, there was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) the Regulation (EU) 2019/1677 of the European Central Bank (ECB) amending Regulation (EU) 1333/2014 concerning statistics on the money markets. The Regulation amends the minimum standards applied by reporting agents under the Money Market Statistical Reporting Regulation. The Regulation … Continue Reading
On 7 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its Q&As on data reporting MIFIR. The updated Q&As modify the answer to question 2 on transaction reporting concerning the representation of different national client identifiers for natural persons. The updated Q&As also insert a new question and answer … Continue Reading
On 4 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an opinion on the application of pre-trade transparency requirements by frequent batch auctions (FBA) systems and the price determination process of FBA systems. The opinion reflects the conclusions in the ESMA report on periodic auctions published in June 2019 which identified several shortcomings … Continue Reading
On 4 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on possible amendments to the trading obligation under MiFIR following the introduction of the EMIR Refit Regulation (EMIR Refit). The changes introduced by EMIR Refit concern the scope of counterparties subject to the clearing obligation. EMIR Refit introduces an exemption from … Continue Reading
On 3 October 2019, the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) published a statement of good practice (the Statement) on information and confidentiality for the fixed income and commodity (FICC) markets. The purpose of the Statement is to provide clarity to certain questions relating to the sharing of information within FICC markets. The FMSB states that … Continue Reading
We have recently updated our briefing slides on the measures that Member States are implementing for a no-deal Brexit. In particular, the slides include a new section on Luxembourg and updates to the following jurisdictions: Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain. The briefing slides can be accessed here. Our Brexit Pathfinder hub is a … Continue Reading
The recording from our latest 40 minute briefing webinar is now available. In this webinar our London team discuss what they are seeing in the market as firms make their preparations for a no deal Brexit. They also cover the PRA and FCA temporary transitional relief powers and ask the question of what legal and … Continue Reading
On 2 October 2019, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published two update reports on its peer reviews of the regulation of money market funds (MMFs) and of the implementation of incentive alignment recommendations for securitisation. The reports summarises IOSCO’s sustained efforts to monitor implementation for MMFs and securitisation since it published its two … Continue Reading
On 27 September 2019, there was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) the European Commission (Commission) guidance notice on the interpretation and application of Council Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts. This guidance notice was previously published on the Commission website on 22 July 2019 (see previous blog here).… Continue Reading
On 2 October 2019, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its work programme for 2020. From 2020 onwards, the Joint Committee will have an amended scope as their work on cybersecurity and retail financial services and depositor, consumer and investor protection issues are now being emphasised. In addition, the Joint Committee’s … Continue Reading
On 1 October 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its work programme for 2020. In terms of the single rulebook, the EMIR Review and the resulting EMIR Refit and EMIR 2.2 will require ESMA to develop several technical standards and technical advice. In addition, following the start of the work on the MiFID II/MIFIR … Continue Reading
On 30 September 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a call for evidence on the effects of product intervention measures regarding contracts for differences (CfDs) and binary options on market participants and clients. The call for evidence closes on 4 November 2019. The temporary product intervention measures of ESMA started to apply … Continue Reading
On 24 September 2019, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a draft guidance notice on dealing with sustainability risks for consultation (link; only available in German). BaFin expects supervised entities to also take into account environmental risks, social risks and risks arising from corporate governance (commonly referred to as environmental, social and governance – … Continue Reading
On 24 September 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a letter (dated 19 September 2019) from Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, to Olivier Guersent, European Commission Director General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, on the first annual review required by Article 17 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 on … Continue Reading
On 24 September 2019, the European Payments Council (EPC) published updated guidelines on the appearance of mandates for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Direct Debit (SDD) Core Scheme and the SDD Business-to-Business (B2B) Scheme. The guidelines contain EPC guidance on the visual presentation of mandates issued by creditors under the SEPA SDD Core and … Continue Reading
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) currently allows certain groups of proprietary traders (persons dealing on own account) not to comply with the 20% bonus cap. In 2017, propriety traders faced a situation where they would be subject to the bonus cap with immediate effect, while they were first … Continue Reading
On 13 September 2019, the European Commission (Commission) published a set of FAQs on the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The FAQs provide an overview of PSD2 and how it benefits consumers. They also detail the requirements of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), which came into force on 14 September 2019, and set out the exemptions … Continue Reading
On 12 September 2019, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU, Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 190/2019 of 10 July 2019 amending Annex IX (Financial services) and Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement. The decision states that Annexes IX and XIX to the EEA Agreement should be amended … Continue Reading
On 12 September 2019, the PRA published Policy Statement 17/19: Supervising international banks: Revision of the Branch Return (PS17/19). PS17/19 is relevant to all existing and prospective PRA-supervised branches of deposit takers and PRA-designated investment firms which are not UK headquartered firms. In PS17/19 the PRA provides feedback to responses to Consultation Paper 8/19: Supervising … Continue Reading
On 11 September 2019, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultation paper (CR04/19) recommending that trading venues and their participants synchronise the business clocks used to record the time and date of a reportable event with co-ordinated universal time (UTC). The proposal follows a recommendation from an earlier IOSCO report published in … Continue Reading
