European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
HFT May Account for Three Quarters of European Equity Orders
Esma study suggests, under certain approaches, HFT touches 76 percent of equity orders.
2014 Review: ESMA Weighs in on EU Consolidated Tape; Details TBC
While 2014 saw European regulators take important steps towards making a pan-European consolidated tape a reality, market data professionals are still waiting for the crucial details that will shape its implementation.
ESMA Does EMIR Housekeeping
Regulator Releases Consultation Paper as EMIR Reporting Rules are Tightened
Taking Aim at AIFMD
Data Quality Challenges a Concern for Alternative Fund Managers as Reporting Deadline Passes
Esma Consults on NDF Clearing
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has opened a consultation on the clearing of foreign-exchange (FX) non-deliverable forwards (NDFs).
Esma Releases Final Draft Standards for IRS Clearing
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has released its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the central clearing of interest-rate swaps (IRS).
Fingers Crossed for a Smooth Ride This Time
Incoming EMIR requirements and patent trolls lead this week's coverage
Industry Split on Impact of ESMA Data Plan
Industry participants and experts seem divided over the likely outcome of European regulator the European Securities and Markets Association’s consultation process as well as over the impact of the provisions on end-users and data providers, after ESMA…
European Firms Grapple with Algo-Tagging Rules
Although the flagging and tagging of algorithms is only currently required in Germany, under the German HFT Act, it is slowly making its way into Pan-European law. Marina Daras looks at the German rule to see how the algo labeling requirement under Mifir…
Esma Opens Consultation on Mifid II, Refines HFT Scope
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has opened its consultation on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) and Regulation (Mifir), the two most important pieces of legislation issued by European…
Esma Opens Consultation on Mifid II, Refines HFT Scope
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has opened its consultation on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) and Regulation (Mifir), the two most important pieces of legislation issued by European…
ESMA Outlines Potential Options for ‘Reasonable' Post-Trade Data
European financial regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released a consultation paper today, Thursday, May 22, that outlines proposed technical details for the second iteration of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive …
ESMA Selects Data Advisers
Pan-European regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has named the 20 members of a market data consultative group charged with advising the watchdog on potential data complications stemming from the overlap of two recent pan…
One Small Step for Esma
In his Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) conference keynote speech last week, Steven Maijoor, the European Securities Markets Authority (Esma) chair took to the stage, and told those present that the legislative phase of European market…
Only Half-Way There in Markets Reform, Says Esma Chair
Speaking at an event organized by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) today in London, Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Market Authorities, says that although ESMA is near to fulfilling the Group-of-20…
EC to Clarify FX Reporting Rule Under EMIR
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation in an attempt to clarify and harmonize the definition and reporting of derivatives contracts falling under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
EU Regulators Emphasize Cyber Risk in Joint Report
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (JCESA) has said that the risk to financial market institutions from cyber attack is grave, and warns that firms must be prepared to consider the resources allocated to this area.
CFTC Opens Discussions on Standard Structure for Global UTI
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun speaking to other regulators about the possibility of creating a standard structure for a global unique transaction identifier
Come for the Pizza, Stay for the Foreign-Exchange Derivatives
CME Europe leads this week's coverage on Sell-Side Technology.
Esma Examines HFT, CSDs in Risk Report
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has released its first report on trends, risks, and vulnerabilities for 2014, choosing to focus, in part, on the effects of high-frequency trading (HFT) and the potential systemic risks posed by…
Trade Identifier Tangle
Unique trade identifiers have quickly emerged as the most complicated element of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation’s trade reporting requirements, which came into effect on February 12. Nicholas Hamilton finds out why using the new identifier…
ESMA Calls for Clarifications on Derivatives Definition
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has asked the European Commission to provide a clear definition of a derivative or derivative contracts falling under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
UTIs, Pre-LEIs Are Top Concerns as EMIR Reporting Begins
Industry participants are worried about confusion surrounding unique trade identifiers and a shortfall in pre-legal entity identifier registrations, as trade reporting requirements come into force for derivatives trades in the European Union
Europe Takes First Steps Toward Electronic Derivatives Trading
With provisional agreement on the Mifid II text by European political authorities, electronic execution of derivatives is set to spread over the Atlantic Ocean in the near future. In terms of equivalence, interoperability, and mutual recognition, how…