Posts by: anne.plested
Tap into ION Markets' views and commentary on Brexit, MiFID, and other emerging financial regulation.
The relationship of regulation with automation and technology
Anne Plested, MCSI | November 9, 2022 With advances in automated trading in recent years, regulators have…
The EU’s securities markets regulator prioritizes flagging of non-price forming trades
Anne Plested, MCSI | May 6, 2022 Following an earlier consultation, ESMA published its final report on…
Catching up on events – 40 years of the ISIN
Anne Plested, MCSI | November 23, 2021 The 1980s brought us the first space shuttle, personal computers,…
Dark trading restrictions set to remain on the regulators’ watch lists
Anne Plested, MCSI | September 7, 2021 The UK Treasury’s Wholesale Markets Review consultation paper devotes some attention to…
MiFID II review stores up more compliance costs
Anne Plested, MCSI | August 20, 2021 As part of the ongoing wider review of MiFID II,…
UK regulators hit the reset button
Anne Plested, MCSI | August 3, 2021 As the UK gets ready to hit the reset button…
Back to school for MiFID II
Anne Plested, MCSI | March 25, 2021 The review of MiFID/MiFIR is now well underway following the…
Brexit: Cross-border trade publication
Anne Plested, MCSI | January 11, 2021 Under MiFID post-trade transparency rules, equity trades must be published…
Brexit: MiFID Share trading obligation – Should the EU investors be worried?
Anne Plested, MCSI | November 30, 2020 The European Union’s MiFID directives set clear rules on the…
Spanish tax set for January 2021
Anne Plested, MCSI | October 29, 2020 Before the advent of an EU financial transactions tax (FTT),…
Recurring waves of Brexit
Anne Plested, MCSI | September 18, 2020 In the face of recurring Brexit waves, the markets have…
Working towards a common goal
Anne Plested, MCSI | August 27, 2020 Regulators globally are continuing to step up efforts to monitor…
Wider adoption of MMT encouraged
Anne Plested, MCSI | April 29, 2020 The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) recently advised ESMA to…
The evolving global impact of MiFID II
Anne Plested, MCSI | November 12, 2019 Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced an…
Catch 22: The share trading obligation
Anne Plested, MCSI | August 15, 2019 MiFID II refined the definition of OTC trading for equities,…
Time runs out on Swiss equivalence
Anne Plested, MCSI | July 3, 2019 Over the weekend, the stock market equivalence granted to Switzerland…