There has been an addition to the Q&As where trading venues are allowed to set instrument-level trading hours for specific financial instruments as long as the trading hours are announced to the public and market participants.
The latest Q&A update is tied to the release of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1302 (RTS 21a) in April 2022 regarding position limits on commodity derivatives and changes to the ancillary activity exemption.
Although these observations are released by the FCA in respect of firms they regulate in the UK, they have significance for all firms subject to the equivalent MIFID II and MiFIR regimes in the EU.
DORA provides a regulatory framework on digital operational resilience where all firms need to make sure they are able to withstand, respond to and recover from all types of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related disruptions and threats.
When reporting transactions to regulatory bodies, there are variations in the data format that is required from region to region. An example of this difference is the accuracy of the timestamp that is deemed acceptable. Under MiFID II/ MiFIR,milliseconds are required in an attempt to increase the transparency and detail of the information passed to the regulator.
Globally there are a host of foreign exchange brokers which allow their customers to move currency to and from different countries and currencies. These companies are subject to different requirements based on the jurisdiction where they are based and the role they play in the market.
MiFIR introduces many requirements in respect of transaction reporting, including the requirement to report a wider range of data. In this article we explain some of the intricacies and difficulties of procuring and validating data and how these can be overcome.
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