Tag: MiFID II

LEI number
August 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

What is an LEI number and where can you get one?

The following article was written by Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Advanced Markets and Fortex, Inc. Welcome to a financial world, full of mysterious acronyms. LEI, CASS, ECP, EMIR, MiFIR, MTF, OTF… This industry just loves acronyms and MiFID II just gave us a whole lot of new ones to work with. One that…

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July 27, 2017 BY admin

Thomson Reuters enhances FXall and FX Trading desktops for MiFID II execution

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) just announced completed enhancements to its FXall and FX Trading desktops to ensure clients trading on Thomson Reuters Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) remain fully compliant with the new MiFID II execution requirements for FX derivatives that will take effect in January 2018. The enhancements enable Thomson Reuters to add MTF-support for…

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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)
July 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters enhances tick history in preparation for MiFID II

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that has enhanced its tick history data service, Tick History 2.0, to provide the financial industry with a powerful tool for developing algorithmic and systematic trading strategies and assist in meeting MiFID II requirements in 2018. The solution assists institutions in complying with MiFID II, by incorporating additional reference data fields…

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July 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MIFiD II: Will you finally know who is on the other side of your trade?

The following article was written by Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Advanced Markets and Fortex, Inc. MiFID II, the “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive”, is legislation that is set to be implemented across the European Union on January 3rd, 2018. As this due date approaches, many market participants are scrambling to implement changes to…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats Europe readies for MiFID II with successful exchange release

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced the successful rollout of its penultimate software release ahead of MiFID II. All of the major real-time exchange functionality needed for MiFID II compliance was incorporated into this latest software release, which was seamlessly deployed on Friday, 14th…

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July 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates MIFID II/ MIFIR investor protection Q&A

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that has added 2 new Q&A 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&A cover the topics of recording of telephone conversations and electronic communications, and…

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July 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA provides interim transparency calculations for MIFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an opinion with interim transparency calculations for non-equity instruments in relation to the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFID II). These calculations specify the transparency regime applicable to trading in secondary markets from 3 January 2018, when MiFID II…

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ESMA bond liquidity data
June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates co-legislators on MIFID II implementation

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) shared that has sent a letter to the European Parliament, Commission and Council updating them on the implementation of ESMA’s IT projects regarding the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). ESMA will deliver a specific IT infrastructure for the implementation of MiFID II on 3 January 2018.…

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