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Optiver & Equiduct offer best execution for equities and ETFs

December 20, 2017-- Optiver has entered into an agreement with trading venue Equiduct, offering brokers a one-stop-shop solution to achieve best execution for their European equity and ETF order flow.

Under the agreement Optiver will provide continuous liquidity in European stocks and ETFs on Equiduct against the European volume-weighted best bid and offer.

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Source: automatedtrader.net


National Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: December 2017

December 20, 2017--Forecasts for the UK economy is a monthly comparison of independent forecasts.
Please note that this is a summary of published material reflecting the views of the forecasting organisations themselves and does not in any way provide new information on the Treasury's own views.

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Source: HM Treasury


Monthly report: Clearstream sees successful year 2017

December 20, 2017--In 2017, the post-trade industry has seen a major infrastructure evolution. With completion of the European Central Bank's TARGET2-Securities (T2S) project and preparations for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSD-R), some fundamental changes have been kicked off in the European post-trade market.

"2017 was about reshaping and harmonizing Europe's fragmented post-trade landscape to create a level playing field for all market participants", said Jeffrey Tessler, Deutsche Börse Group Board Member and Chairman of the Group's post-trade services provider Clearstream.

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Source: Clearstream


Online derivatives traders hit by new European rules on retail client leverage

December 18, 2017--Shares in large online derivatives trading platforms groups plummeted as much as 20 per cent on Monday morning, after European regulators announced tougher-than-feared plans to restrict the amounts retail customers can borrow to leverage their bets.

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Source: FT.com


Thomson Reuters Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, November 2017

December 18, 2017--The promoters of ETFs enjoyed net inflows for November. The assets under management in the European ETF industry (€627.1 bn) increased for November, up from €621.9 bn at the end of October.

The increase of €5.2 bn for November was driven by net sales (+€9.5 bn), while the performance of the underlying markets contributed a negative €4.3 bn to the assets under management in the ETF segment. With regard to the overall number of products, it was not surprising that equity funds (€445.0 bn) held the majority of the assets, followed by bond funds (€152.6 bn), commodity products (€18.3 bn), "other" funds (€6.9 bn), money market funds (€3.3 bn), mixed-asset funds (€0.6 bn), and alternative UCITS products (€0.4 bn).

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Source: Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research-Thomson Reuters Lipper


ESMA provides guidance on cross-border investment services and MiFID transposition

December 18, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued today guidance to national competent authorities (NCAs) and market participants on the topic of continuity of cross-border provision of investment services in the transition between MiFID I and MiFID II, including in the event that there is late transposition of the Directive by some Member States.

In this context, ESMA also issued guidance on the cross-border operation of regulated markets and the provision of data reporting service providers (DRSPs).

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Source: ESMA


ESMA updates its MiFID II Q&As on transparency and market structures

December 18, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding transparency and market structures issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).

The purpose of these Q&As is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MiFID II and MiFIR. They provide responses to questions posed by the general public and market participants in relation to the practical application of transparency ...

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Source: ESMA


ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II/MiFIR Investor Protection topics

December 18, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 10 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).

The new Q&As cover the topics of inducements, suitability, and provision of investment services and activities by third country firms.

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Source: ESMA


Bitcoin: EU approves cryptocurrency clampdown to combat terrorism financing

December 16, 2017--The European Union has agreed to implement stricter rules on exchange platforms that deal with virtual currencies, including bitcoin. The measure is part of an effort to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering.

The European Parliament and the European Council agreed to a new set of rules on Friday that target exchange platforms for bitcoin and other virtual currencies.

The new measures would require platforms that previously allowed users to remain anonymous to identify them.

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Source: Deutsche Welle


MiFID II: ESMA updates on commodity derivatives

December 15, 2017--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding commodity derivatives under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). This update relates to position limits and position reporting.

ESMA has also updated today its list of liquid commodity derivative contracts for position limit purposes.

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Source: ESMA


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