MiFID II to calm the US HFT storm?
JWG analysis. While the US HFT debate rages and the FBI launches its investigations, Europe is quietly preparing to set a hard-hitting set of new rules for technical standards. When ESMA begins its...
View ArticleAlgo flagging – the future
By Sam Tyfield, Vedder Price. Algo flagging is currently only the concern of direct members of German venues. But it’s going to have a much broader application under MiFID / MiFIR and become of...
View ArticleTop 10 MiFIR transaction reporting known unknowns
JWG analysis. When MiFIR is implemented in 2016, all of the pain experienced in preparing for EMIR’s transaction reporting regime, which went live earlier this year on 12 February, is likely to be...
View ArticleMarket data and you …
In advance of FIMA Market Data next week, we’ve put together half a dozen quick questions to find out how firms are managing their regulatory data challenges. After the conference we’ll pull the...
View ArticleRisk data aggregation: Getting ‘good data’ requires a new conversation
JWG analysis. Without a consolidated viewpoint on what new risk data requirements mean, firms will be at a loss when it comes to determining best practice. We are in the middle of a massive, global...
View ArticleBeacon out! Forum ready. Act now to get your seat for 23 September
Are you enjoying your summer? Ready for some holiday reading? Our latest members-only newsletter, RegBeacon, is now available here (after logging in, you can find RegBeacon on the publications page)....
View ArticleCrypto-currencies and the network effect
By Darragh O’Grady and JWG. It is very easy to get confused and overwhelmed by all the crypto-currencies (or math-based currencies) out there. It started out relatively simple with just bitcoin a few...
View ArticleHappy EU Data Protection Day!
By Sam Tyfield, Vedder Price. Back in 2009, the EU issued a Recommendation (which has no binding legal effect) on the use and application of RFIDs (which, for our purposes, means ID/swipe/access...
View ArticleRegBeacon now published for members.
JWG analysis. Since the turn of the year, we have not seen the pace of reform slow down. We could fill pages with acronyms describing the new requirements for financial institutions, but we will spare...
View ArticleMiFID II implementation training – all systems go for 3 November
With the MiFID II technical standards finally being published, the time is right to give our successful MiFID II implementation training its latest run on 3 November in London. We suspect that, soon,...
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