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FCA list of cooperation agreements with third country regulators in context of outsourcing portfolio management services under MiFID II

On 14 June 2018, the FCA published a list of the supervisory authorities in third countries with which it has cooperation agreements that meet the requirements set out in Article 32(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 supplementing MiFID II … Continue reading

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ECB opinion on draft legislative proposals amending the Regulation establishing ESMA, MiFID II and Solvency II

On 17 May 2018, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its opinion (dated 11 May 2018) regarding the European Commission’s draft Regulation amending the Regulation establishing ESMA and the draft Directive amending MiFID II and the Solvency II Directive. In … Continue reading

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MiFID II: ESMA publishes double volume cap data

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published trading volumes and calculations regarding the double volume cap (DVC) under MiFID II and MiFIR. ESMA has published DVC calculations for January 2018 and February 2018. Based on this data, two … Continue reading

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CLLS letter – MiFID II and outsourcing in relation to portfolio management services

The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has published a letter dated 29 December 2017 to the FCA regarding MiFID II and outsourcing in relation to portfolio management services. The letter provides some observations on the FCA’s letter of 19 … Continue reading

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ESMA updates transparency calculations for MiFID II / MiFIR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added further instruments to its MiFID II / MiFIR transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for equity and bond instruments. The TTC for these additional instruments have been displayed alongside the TTC that were … Continue reading

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