Tag: MiFID II

French AMF warns against unauthorized companies proposing atypical investments
November 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF consults on changes to its General Regulation in preparation for MiFID II

The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that it is holding a public consultation on changes to Books III and V of its General Regulation, which deal with investment services providers and market infrastructures respectively. This marks the final stage before implementation of the new framework for markets in financial instruments on 3 January…

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October 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA statement on MiFID II inducements and research

The FCA informed that it welcomes the announcements made yesterday by the European Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) in relation to the MiFID II inducements and research reforms and their interaction with US regulation. Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive Officer at the FCA, said: I am grateful for the constructive conversations…

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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)
October 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters delivers greater research management for MiFID II unbundling in Eikon

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product Eikon. These tools continue the ongoing series of enhancements and new solutions Thomson Reuters is delivering to the financial industry to meet the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented January 3, 2018. Launched and incorporated into…

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October 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

RSRCHXchange launches Chat Bot mobile and desktop apps

With 60 working days before the MiFID II implementation deadline, RSRCHXchange, the research aggregator and marketplace, announced that has launched its latest version of RSRCHX including mobile and desktop apps and a range of new research management functionality. In addition, the RSRCHX bot was successfully launched at the Symphony Innovate event in New York, on…

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October 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes latest updates to MiFIDII/MiFIR investor protection Q&As

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 12 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The new Q&As cover the topics of client categorisation, post-sale reporting, recording of telephone conversations and electronic…

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Thomson Reuters teams up with Seabury TFX to create new trade finance marketplace in Asia
September 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters introduces LEI Profiling Service to ease MiFID II preparedness

In answer to a requirement taking effect on January 3, 2018 that investment firms uniquely identify parties to trades or transactions under Europe’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that is launching its LEI Profiling Service, a dedicated solution for financial institutions to perform a health check on their LEI…

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September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink partners with European bank to launch new MiFID II solution for Systematic Internalisers

ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, has partnered with a leading European bank to develop a new solution for client quote management. The new solution, called UL QUOTE, is available to Brokers acting as a Systematic Internaliser (SI), enabling them to comply with MiFID II regulations concerning…

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September 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Curex Group launches pre-trade market check time stamp capability

The Cürex Group, a New York City-based institutional foreign exchange execution services and data analytics company, announced today its plan to introduce additional functionality to its pre-trade analytics platform. The new capability will allow Cürex’s customers to prove their compliance with MiFID II’s mandated pre-trade market check through a time stamp provision, which provides recorded…

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Admiral Markets launches futures trading via CFDs
September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets to upgrade trading terms for Admiral.Classic and other obsolete account types

Global forex broker Admiral Markets has made an announcement, addressed to all its clients with "older" accounts on the AM-Live trading server. The announcement contains a number of changes aimed at providing up-to-date trading conditions to obsolete account types in order to improve our quality of service and provide better compliance with the current regulatory…

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