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The concept was introduced within the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), [1] a European Directive designed to harmonise retail investors protection and allow investment firms to provide services throughout the EU. Article 4 (15) of MiFID describes MTF as a “multilateral system, operated by an investment firm or a market ...
MiFID 2 replaced MiFID 1, which in turn replaced Directive 93/22/EEC. MiFID 2 is complemented by Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments [38] The initial date for implementation by the Member States was 3 January 2017, however, in February 2016 the European Commission delayed this until 3 January 2018 to allow for the ...
The Lamfalussy process has provided a significant impetus in delivering successful agreements on four key measures of the Financial Services Action Plan: the Market Abuse Directive, adopted on 3 December 2002; the Prospectus Directive, adopted on 15 July 2003; the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive , adopted on 27 April 2004 and the ...
Stock market equivalence is granted by the European Union to those countries whose stock markets are deemed to be 'equivalent' to those of the EU countries. On 3 January 2018, the EU implemented the "Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II" (colloquially known as "MiFID II") which required all European investment firms & traders to trade the shares of a company listed in the EU on a ...
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017-565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014-65-EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)
The Article 4(1)(20) of Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II) considers "investment firms dealing on own account when executing client orders over the counter (OTC) on an organised, frequent, systematic and substantial basis" systematic internaliser and requires them to report their trades. [2]
In 2012, its competences were enhanced through the EU regulation on short selling and credit default swaps. The year 2014 marked an intensive regulatory pressure on financial markets. The MiFID II and MiFIR directives gave ESMA the responsibility of implementing technical standards in the financial markets.
Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments known as MIFID 2: It applies to investment firms, market operators, data reporting services and third-country firms (with a branch in the EU) and establishes requirements related to authorisations, operating conditions, rules on transparency, specific rules for regulated markets, etc. [53 ...