The difference between a millisecond and a nanosecond might be indistinguishable to the human eye, but the gap between a thousandth and a billionth of a second could cost the industry loads more money ...

Money managers operating in Europe do not expect to see the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II overhauled in 2020. But they said the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic showed that the ...

Currently, trading data is scattered across multiple platforms, such as stock exchanges and investment banks, making it difficult for investors to access the accurate and up-to-date information they ...

MiFID II unbundling and best execution reporting requirements will be scaled back under new recovery package from the European Commission. The European Commission has confirmed that it will remove ...

U.K. financial regulation includes a small and unusual provision, the so-called “MiFID override,” which prioritises the EU’s MiFID II regime over the U.K.’s own regulatory framework when determining ...

The research found that competition for the provision of investment research has decreased due to MiFID II, with bulge-bracket providers dominating. A new survey of the asset management community on ...

This is the second in a series of blog posts on MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II). If you missed the first post, see MiFID II: How Did We Get Here and What Does it Mean?

On 5 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on certain aspects of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) compliance ...

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has acquired a key European Union license that will enable the company to offer derivatives products throughout the region, potentially opening the door to a more advanced ...

From 2 Aug 2022, the amended Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) now requires financial advisers to consider clients' sustainability preferences when conducting suitability ...