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Thomson Reuters Urges Community Approach to Consolidated European Data

Thomson Reuters has added to the debate on a consolidated European order book data feed similar to the US Consolidated Tape Plan, with a white paper that sets out proposals for improving the compilation of consolidated data, but falls short of suggesting that a single consolidated tape is the answer for all market data users.

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02 Feb 2010

UK FSA Grants Approval to Xtrakter for the Regulatory Reporting of Derivatives Using AII Codes

Jason Waight Euroclear The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) February deadline for the introduction of the Alternative Instrument Identifiers (AII) is fast approaching and this week the regulator has granted Trax platform operator Xtrakter approval to regulatory report exchange traded derivatives (ETD) using the new identifiers. Jason Waight, Xtrakter’s recently appointed director of product management, explains to A-Team Insight that the development maintains its status as one of the two fully approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs) under MiFID.

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27 Jan 2010

CESR Publishes Update on Assessment of the Proposals for MiFID Pre-trade Transparency Waivers

This year will see a wide scale review of MiFID, as promised by ex-internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy last September (see our coverage here), but, in the meantime, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has published an update on assessment criteria for MiFID pre-trade transparency waivers. The update follows the joint process launched by the regulator in February last year and includes information on new assessments made at CESR level regarding an application for a waiver to be granted on the basis of the MiFID Implementing Regulation that CESR considered not to be compliant with MiFID.

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11 Jan 2010

CFA Institute Provides Research in Support of its Consolidated Tape Campaign

The post-MiFID market fragmentation has resulted in very little impact on the quality of the price formation process for equities traded in the European markets affected, however, attempting to obtain a complete and clear picture of market prices remains challenging. This is according to a recent piece of research carried out by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity, which has taken up the mantle of champion for a consolidated tape for European equities.

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07 Dec 2009

Dark Pools Under the SEC’s Microscope, But Volumes Predicted to Increase

At the end of October, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that it had launched a 90 day consultation period during which it hopes to come up with further proposals to increase oversight of dark pools. SEC chair Mary Schapiro has been particularly vocal in recent weeks about the “harm” she fears these alternative trading systems (ATSs) may pose by creating a two tiered market. However, it seems that volumes being traded across these platforms continue to rise and some believe they will increase yet further still over the course of next year.

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02 Nov 2009

Understanding the Regulatory Crackdown on Hedge Funds

Much like last month’s discussion of the current regulatory crackdown on ratings agencies, hedge funds are also facing the wrath of the regulators due to their perceived role in the financial crisis. The lack of transparency in the hedge fund sector has meant that both the European Commission and the US regulators are keen to compel these funds to provide more data concerning their practices. The proposed regulations have proved controversial, however, as many feel they may have a negative impact on the sector as a whole.

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29 Oct 2009

CESR Provides Slew of Updates on MiFID Protocols and New Consultation Paper

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has recently issued a series of updates to MiFID protocols and a new consultation paper on the subject of investment advice. The protocol updates concern recent amendments to MiFID including: rules surrounding the calculation and publication of MiFID market transparency calculations, the supervision of branches and MiFID passport notifications. All of these documents are aimed at providing member states with more guidance around increasing transparency in the fragmented European marketplace.

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19 Oct 2009

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