Katten hosts a weekly, 15-minute fireside chat podcast series on notable UK and European developments from the prior week’s Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest. This week, Carolyn Jackson speaks on the obligation of financial counterparties (FCs) to mandatorily report OTC derivatives transactions on behalf of their non-financial counterparties (NFCs)-counterparties commencing June 18, 2020; Nathaniel
FCA Updates Webpage on Reporting Market Abuse
Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments
On June 12, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on how firms and trading venues should report suspected market abuse (the Webpage).
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FCA Publishes SAR and STOR Guidance
Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments
On October 18, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter giving guidance on the distinction between suspicious activity reports (SARs) and suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs). The letter was sent in response to a request by UK Finance, a trade association, following a meeting of the ‘SARs Collaboration Working Group.’
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FCA Publishes Market Watch Newsletter
Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments
On October 18, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published issue 62 of the Market Watch newsletter. The focus of the newsletter is on personal account dealing (PAD) and transaction reporting.
PAD is meant to be tightly controlled in order for firms to ‘minimize the risk’ of conflicts and market abuse. The newsletter states, ‘We are concerned how often we are seeing apparent breaches of PAD policies and the issues which have come to light as a result.’
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Issue 56 of the FCA’s Market Watch Newsletter Covers Market Abuse Surveillance and PFOF
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Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments
On September 24, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Issue 56 of Market Watch, its newsletter on market conduct and transaction reporting issues.
Issue 56 contains articles that provide a useful reminder in relation to obligations in relation to market abuse surveillance and payment for order flow (PFOF).
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EU Commission Adopts Delegated Regulation on Abusive Practices and Suspicious Orders and Transactions Under MAR
By Carolyn H. Jackson & David A. Brennand on
Posted in UK Developments
On March 9, the European Commission adopted a delegated Regulation (and an accompanying Annex) in relation to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The delegated Regulation sets out arrangements, systems and procedures and notification templates to be used for preventing, detecting and reporting abusive practices or suspicious orders or transactions under MAR (STOR requirements). As noted in the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of October 2, 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a final report in September 2015 in regards to MAR, which contained several draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), including those related to STOR requirements.
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