Europe

Market Infrastructure

MiFID II Has Not Delivered Lower Market Data Costs: ESMA

By Editors | 09/12/2019

ESMA is calling for a real-time consolidated tape for equity instruments to improve transparency and remedy the fragmentation in European capital markets.

Enforcement

UK Regulator Penalises Citigroup for Reporting Failures

By Editors | 28/11/2019

Citi’s UK failings led to “significant errors” in the firms’ returns, preventing the Prudential Regulation Authority from obtaining an accurate picture of its capital or liquidity position.

Market Infrastructure

CEINEX Prepares to Launch Shanghai-Deutsche Stock Connect

By Editors | 21/11/2019

Under the plan, German companies will issue CDRs on the SSE, and Chinese companies will issue GDRs on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore Deepens Cooperation with French, Canadian Regulators

By Garima Chitkara | 13/11/2019

French central bank establishes first Asian office in Singapore to enhance financial market cooperation; Canadian securities authorities pledge information exchange and fintech access.

Market Infrastructure

ASIC, ESMA Sign MOU to Cooperate on Benchmarks

By Editors | 22/10/2019

The MoU sets out cooperation arrangements to complement the EU’s July equivalence decision, as well as to ensure effective information exchange and supervisory coordination.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan, EU to Cooperate on Cross-border Resolution Planning

By Editors | 17/10/2019

Through an exchange of letters, Japan’s FSA and the EU’s SRB have agreed to cooperate to plan for and conduct orderly cross-border resolutions of banks.

Big Picture

EU Equivalence Needed on Cross-Border Intragroup Transactions

By Editors | 01/10/2019

ISDA and EU banking associations are calling for equivalence decisions to be prioritised for Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, among others.

Securities / Derivatives

US, UK Agencies Work to Clean Up Credit Derivatives Market

By Editors | 24/09/2019

In a joint statement, the SEC, CFTC and FCA have pledged to work together to address “opportunistic strategies” that harm the credit derivatives market.

Market Infrastructure

HKEX Enlists Investment Banks to Help with LSEG Bid

By Editors | 24/09/2019

HKEX has reportedly brought in UBS, Credit Suisse and HSBC to help it engage with LSEG shareholders and provide advice on its recently-rejected bid to takeover the London bourse.