Post-Brexit transition period: migrating to FCA FIRDS and FITRS - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a press release announcing details of the cutover plan for firms migrating to the FCA Financial...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a final report and recommendations on aligning the trading obligation under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation with recent changes made to the clearing...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a Statement clarifying the application and interaction of the EU derivatives clearing and trading obligations following the entry into force of the revised European...more
HM Treasury has published guidance on the availability of the exemption from the clearing obligation for Pension Scheme Arrangements under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation in a post-Brexit no deal scenario. The...more
With the date for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union rapidly approaching, several recent developments concerning derivatives (both legal and political) are likely to be of interest to UK and EU27 counterparties....more
On July 7, 2017, the Futures Industry Association (“FIA“) published a compliance brief on the impact of the revised European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II“) and Markets in Financial Instruments...more