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Apex snaps up M.M.Warburg & Co
09 January 2018 Bermuda
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Apex Group have acquired M.M.Warburg & Co’s asset management and servicing business in Luxembourg

MiFID II goes live
03 January 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) has now become effective as a part of EU legislation

ESMA delays LEI requirements for MiFID II
22 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA) has issued a delay to the enforcement of the LEI requirements for the MiFID II

EEA members’ supervisory weaknesses exposed in ESMA review
30 November 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA said those NCAs who did not identify good practices, would be consulted by ESMA on how they can make improvements in time for the MiFID II deadline

NEX Regulatory Reporting made trade repository under EMIR
24 November 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The trade repository, which will be based in Stockholm, Sweden, will prepare NEX for its trade operations post Brexit

EU Commission opens consultation of SFTR TR fees
21 November 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

UK-based trade repositories may be forced to shoulder additional third-party recognition fees to operate under EU regulatory frameworks post-Brexit, according to proposed EU Commission rules

LEIs offer major cost savings, says OFR
17 November 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The OFR noted that early academic studies found that cost savings associated with adoption of the LEI approached $1 billion annually

Deutsche Boerse taps UniCredit’s Theodor Weimer as CEO
16 November 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Theodor Weimer begins his new role in January, and will take over from Carsten Kengeter, who will leave Deutsche Boerse at the end of 2017

LSE teams up with APIR Systems to brings LEIs to Australasia
08 November 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry estimates suggest more than 250,000 entities are still without the required LEIs

MiFID II creates “much uncertainty” for EEA members
06 November 2017 Oslo
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

For EEA members, “much uncertainty” remains regarding ESMA's assessment of the EEA legal basis for MiFID II, according to Norway’s Finanstilsynet

EU commission lays down the law on MiFID II compliance
19 October 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As many as 19 infringing member states include Belgium, Malta, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as facing the commission’s wrath

UCITS equity funds at highest level since 2015, according to EFAMA
29 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EFAMA’s survey included 29 associations representing more than 99 percent of European UCITS and AIF assets