On February 17, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on the review of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFIR) regulatory framework (together, the Framework).

The EC’s consultation is divided into three sections. In the first section, the EC aims to gather views and feedback from all stakeholders on the experience of the first two years of the Framework. In particular, the EC asks whether “a targeted review . . . with an ambitious timeline would be appropriate to address the most urgent shortcomings.” The EC asks stakeholders to rank their satisfaction with the Framework, and to indicate whether they believe the Framework has succeeded in its objectives.
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On January 9, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its public register with the latest set of double volume cap (DVC) data under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The DVC public register was last updated in September 2018 (for more information, see the September 14, 2018 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
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On September 27, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a press release announcing two new data completeness indicators for trading venues relating to the delivery of double volume cap (DVC) and bond liquidity data.

DVC and bond liquidity data are required form trading venues for transparency purposes pursuant to the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. ESMA is introducing the measures due to the timeliness of such data remaining “unsatisfactory” and due to “significant” data completeness issues.
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On September 7, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its public register with the latest set of double volume cap (DVC) data under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The DVC public register was last updated in July (for further details, see the July 13 edition of Corporate & Financial

On July 6, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its public register with the latest set of double volume cap (DVC) data under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The update follows last month’s update to the DVC public register (for further details, see the June 15 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
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On June 7, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its public register with the latest set of double volume cap (DVC) data under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The update follows last month’s update to the DVC public register (for more information, see the May 11, 2018 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
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On January 9, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a press release announcing that it has decided to delay the publication of data on the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism as required under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
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