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Agreement reached over EMIR Refit

Hot on the heels of ESMA’s 31 January 2019 ‘blind eye’ statement, on 5 February 2019, the EU Council issued a press release confirming it had reached agreement with the EU Parliament on certain aspects of the EMIR REFIT programme. Broadly, the changes are that: A new category of “small financial counterparty” will be created. […]

EMIR Transaction Reporting: the Truth is Out There

A recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) seminar on EMIR trade reporting has caused a bit of stir within the industry.  The issue centres around Article 9 of EMIR and Article 5 of its associated implementing technical standard (ITS), both of which detail the reporting obligation in general, and the reporting start date in particular. Previously, […]

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