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ESMA updates its Q&A on MiFID II commodity derivatives topics
27 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

These Q&As provide clarification on issues related to the MiFIDII/MiFIR regime for commodity derivatives, including on position limits, position reporting, and ancillary activity

Tesla the subject of heavy shorting
27 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Tesla’s driverless cars could be in for a rocky road ahead, according to Samuel Pierson, director of securities finance at IHS Markit

Deutsche Börse and HQLAX partner
27 March 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The partnership between Deutsche Börse and HQLAX is expected to foster market adoption by enabling connectivity with HQLAX, for both trade execution and post-trade processing

Departure lounge crowded at Crédit Suisse
26 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Crédit Suisse in New York has confirmed that a number of job losses have taken place at its US prime brokerage business

Volatility is back, according to BIS review
26 March 2018 Basel
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Sharp corrections in global equity markets, rising and falling equity valuations, and unusual levels of intraday volatility have shown that volatility is back

Cordium questions cyber risk knowledge of equity firms
26 March 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cordium, the business management consultant, has questioned how knowledgeable equity firms are about the cyber risks within companies in their portfolios

OCC continues to clear industry path
23 March 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The OCC “achieved a number of key milestones” in 2017, including a total cleared volume of over 4.3 billion contracts, according to the latest OCC News.

Another departure at Crédit Suisse
23 March 2018 Zürich
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Crédit Suisse’s Robert Leonard is set to retire at the end of spring

Crédit Suisse confirms prime departures, and arrival
22 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Crédit Suisse has confirmed that Frederick Nadd-Aubert is leaving his position as a New York-based managing director in the bank’s global markets division in a few weeks

ESMA issues MiFIR trading obligation opinion
22 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ESMA has issued a formal detailed opinion designed to provide further guidance on the treatment of packages under the trading obligation for derivatives, which the MiFIR introduced on 3 January this year

UnaVista extend partnership with IHS Markit
21 March 2019 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

UnaVista, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, and IHS Markit have extended their alliance to prepare for and comply with the upcoming securities financing transactions regulation

Brexit to cause ‘significant shift’ of entities and activities from UK
21 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The decision of the UK to leave not only the EU but also the single market, has led to a situation in which there is the potential for a significant shift of entities and activities from the UK to the EU27, according to ESMA chair Steven Maijoor