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EU Regulatory Reform

The European Commission's Review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, known as MiFID II, is one of the most significant regulatory initiatives undertaken by the Commission. But it's not the only regulatory change rolling across the Continent. This Spotlight Series sheds light on these critical changes and the challenges that capital markets pros face in meeting and managing new rules of the road.

Videos

Interview with Kay Swinburne, MEP

Kay Swinburne, Member of European Parliament, talks London, LIBOR, EMIR, Dodd-Frank and the future of the Eurozone with TABB's Will Rhode in this rare first-hand overview of...
Breaking the Clearing Mold in Europe

Steve Grob, group strategy director at Fidessa, talks about how clearing is changing and should continue to change in Europe, driven by market players and regulators.
MiFID II: Will There be Blocks in the Dark?

After spending a week in the U.K. meeting buy side firms, Vlad Khandros, corporate strategist at Liquidnet, says they're concerned about finding liquidity, regardless of regulation...

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06 July 2011

Financial Transaction Tax a Troubling Idea

Will Rhode, TABB Group

A new cloud is forming on the skyline of Europe’s financial markets and it could be big enough to overshadow all others. Rhode explains the FTT. rest of story...

Opinion & Analysis

Interview with Kay Swinburne, MEP (European Parliament, Kay Swinburne) 1 Comment
Financial Transaction Tax a Troubling Idea (TABB Group, Will Rhode) 12 Comments
EMIR: It’s All Greek To Me (TABB Group, Rebecca Healey)
No Time Like Now to Plant a Seed in European Clearing (TabbFORUM Contributing Editor, Marine Cole) 1 Comment
Buy Side to Regulators: Even Dark Pool Playing Field, Don’t Kill It (TABB Group, Rebecca Healey) 4 Comments
European Pools May Be Dark But Will MiFID II Make Them Murkier? (Independent, Hirander Misra)
Breaking the Clearing Mold in Europe (Fidessa, Steve Grob)
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing, in Perfect Harmony (TabbFORUM, Melanie Wold, Contributing Editor)
Is It Time for Smart Clearing? (Fidessa, Steve Grob)
Countdown to T+2: Boosting Buy Side Automation (Omgeo, Tony Freeman) 3 Comments
Watch Out, Here Come the Lawyers (TABB Group, Will Rhode)
Interbank Rate-Setting Needs to Move with the Times (Thomson Reuters IFR, Keith Mullin) 2 Comments
The $2 Trillion Question: Will EMIR Cover Exchange-Traded Derivatives? (TABB Group, Will Rhode) 2 Comments
Post-MiFID II Broker Dark Pools – Down But Not Out (TD Ameritrade, Cheyenne Morgan)
4,200 in 60 Days: MiFID Review Public Comments (TABB Group, Miranda Mizen) 3 Comments
MiFID Review Scorecard: Protectionism: 1, Free Market Enterprise: 0 (TABB Group, Will Rhode) 3 Comments
SEF or OTF? IDK. Does It Even Matter? (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
A Critical Balance: Liquidity and Transparency in a MiFID II World (TABB Group, Larry Tabb) 1 Comment
MiFID II: Will There be Blocks in the Dark? (TABB, Laurie Berke)
The Arrival of Tape Reporting (TABB, Laurie Berke) 2 Comments
Reining in Dark Pools on Both Sides of the Pond (TD Ameritrade, Cheyenne Morgan)
ESMA - The Future Power Behind the Proposals (TABB Group, Miranda Mizen)
How Far Should We Go? (TABB Group, Adam Sussman)
MiFID II Changing the Global Balance of Financial Markets Power (TABB Group, Larry Tabb) 1 Comment
Welcome to the New World: TABB Digs Deep Into EC's MiFID II Plan (TABB Group, Larry Tabb)
European Lawmaker Swinburne on a Consolidated Tape and Transparency Across Markets (TABB, Will Rhode) 1 Comment
European Lawmaker Swinburne Talks MiFID, Lit vs. Dark Liquidity (TABB, Will Rhode)
In Her Own Words: Euro Lawmaker Swinburne on Regulating Markets and Trading (TABB Group, Will Rhode)

News

Transaction Taxes Do Not Help Markets, Researchers Say (Traders Magazine)
French watchdog urges EU to back derivatives rules (Reuters)

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EMIR: It’s All Greek To Me

Rebecca Healey, TABB Group

Healey chronicles the bickering among EU ministers on the scope and detail of proposed derivative regulation within EMIR. Continue

Additional Resources

White Paper: One Size Fits None: Dark Pools in the Spotlight (Credit Suisse, Mark Buchanan)