The date for financial counterparties (FC) to conduct the ‘clearing obligation assessment’ is required every 12 months.
ESMA recently released their Data Quality Report which presented analysis of the quality of data which was collected for regulatory use in 2021 under the EMIR and SFTR transaction reporting regimes.
RTS 28 is still in force for EU and UK investment firms and must be published by 30 April 2022.
Investment firms are required to summarise and publish their top five execution venues in terms of trading volume and information on the quality of execution obtained for each class of their financial instruments
Failure to report your hedge trades not only is a breach of your EMIR/UK EMIR reporting obligations but can also attract serious financial penalties from your NCA.
Most European countries alongside the UK will need to turn their clocks forward by 1 hour this Sunday, 27 March 2022. While you enjoy the sun and longer days, you will also need to check that the time settings in your trade/transaction reporting are correct.
Every year the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) outlines its priorities for the following year in its annual work programme (AWP). With ESMA’s new powers and responsibilities, growth in staff numbers and changes in senior management, the AWP for 2022 was developed at a time of significant change for ESMA.
Are you reporting trades by New York (NY) time or following NY close of business? If so, it is important to check your trades/transactions are still reported at the correct time now that daylight saving time (DST) has started in the US (13 March 2022).
potential regulatory changes as well as the risks and benefits posed by cryptocurrencies. While widely hailed as a major success by the crypto community, as evidenced by the massive 10% spike in the price of Bitcoin, the more sceptical members see this further regulation and oversight as a potential headwind for cryptocurrency assets as a whole.
Regulatory reporting is hard enough without the confusion over which version of each regime is the latest. EMIR has gone through a number of variations since it was first implemented in 2012. We thought it would be a great time to outline what the EMIR version names relate to and where we are currently at as we anticipate further changes to the regime.
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