SFTR in 2020
What You Need to Know About the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation in 2020 As we all know, the Securities Financing…
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ESMA List of third-country trading venues
ESMA Opinion and Determination of third-country trading venues for the purpose of transparency under MiFID II/MiFIR List of third-country trading…
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SFTR: What is ESMA’s Role in 2020? The Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) went into effect in April 2019. Now…
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It has been almost a year since the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) went into effect. However, less than 12…
Read moreEMIR: A Brief Guide
In the last decade, the European financial market has seen drastic changes, specifically regarding the regulation of the post-trade market….
Read moreESMA Third Country Equivalent Markets
The markets established in a third country and listed below have been considered as equivalent to a regulated market in…
Read moreESMA UCITS Management Companies (UCITS)
The Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) is a regulatory framework of the European Commission that creates…
Read moreESMA Systematic Internalisers (SI)
Systematic internalisers (SIs) are investment firms which, on an organised, frequent, systematic and substantial basis, deal on own account by…
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Regulated Market (RM) – A multilateral system ran and/ or managed by a market operator subject to enhanced government requirements,…
Read moreESMA Approved Publication Arrangement (APA)
Approved publication arrangement (APA) is a person authorised under the provisions established in the MIFID II Directive to provide the…
Read moreESMA Organised Trading Facility (OTF)
An OTF is a multilateral system that facilitates multiple third-party buying and selling interests in bonds, structured finance products, emission…
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Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) – An MTF is a multilateral system operated by an investment firms or a market operator,…
Read moreESMA Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM)
Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) means a person authorised under the provisions established in the MiFID II Directive to provide the…
Read moreESMA Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is a European Union (EU) regulation that applies to hedge funds, private equity…
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The Omnibus Directive requires ESMA to establish a list of all investment firms in the European Union. The Registries database…
Read moreESMA Registered Trade Repositories (TR)
The trade repositories listed have been registered by ESMA in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament…
Read moreISO-10383 MIC Codes Regulatory Reporting
This International Standard specifies a universal method of identifying exchanges, trading platforms, regulated or non-regulated markets and trade reporting facilities…
Read moreISO-4217 Currency Codes Regulatory Reporting
ISO currency codes are the three-letter alphabetic codes that represent the various currencies used throughout the world. Each of the…
Read moreISO-3166 Country Codes Regulatory Reporting
The purpose of ISO 3166 is to define internationally recognized codes of letters and/or numbers that we can use when…
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