On September 5, the German Federal Government published a proposal relating to a draft law implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/834 (EMIR REFIT), which also clarifies the licensing requirements for non-EU firms (which would include UK firms after Brexit) that conduct cross-border proprietary trading with German counterparties or on German trading venues.Continue Reading German Government Publishes Proposed Law for Proprietary Trading Firms
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ESMA Updates Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR Commodity Derivatives
On March 27, the European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) published an updated version of its questions and answers document (Q&As) on commodity derivatives topics under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). The Q&As, were last updated on January 4, (as reported in the January 11, 2019 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
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ESMA Updates MiFID II Transitional Transparency Calculations for Electricity Derivatives
On January 22, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for the purposes of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the related Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
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FCA Revises List of MiFID II Position Limits
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reviewed the bespoke position limits set for a number of commodity derivatives traded on UK venues.
Following its review and as a result of strong growth in some commodity derivative contracts, the FCA has increased the limits of approximately 20 commodity derivative contracts as of February 8.
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FCA Publishes Position Limits on the Swiss Baseload Power Contract
On January 25, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published position limits on a further commodity derivative contract that is traded on a UK trading venue.
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UK FCA, Dutch AFM and French AMF Publish Position Limits for Commodity Derivative Contracts
Under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), limits are required to be established on the size of a net position a person can hold (at all times) in commodity derivatives traded on EU/European Economic Area (EEA) trading venues and economically equivalent over-the-counter contracts.
On December 7, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its website in connection with indicative position limits for commodity derivative contracts. The FCA website lists the commodity derivative contracts that the FCA has currently identified as trading on a UK trading venue and in respect of which, beginning January 3, 2018, there will be a bespoke position limit set.
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European Commission Adopts MiFID II Delegated Regulations
On December 1, the European Commission adopted two delegated regulations (together, Delegated Regulations) to supplement the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. The Delegated Regulations adopted include:
- regulation regarding the application of position limits to commodity derivatives, available here; and
- regulation pertaining to the criteria for establishing when an activity is considered to be
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