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ESMA publishes first overview of the size and structure of EU securities markets

19 november in Article

ESMA published on 18 November its first statistical report on European Union (EU) securities markets. The Report uses new regulatory data sources to give, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of European equity and bond markets in 2019, including the number, characteristics, volumes traded and transparency data...

ESMA publishes the final report on MIFIR alignments following thee introduction of EMIR REFIT.

12 februari in Article

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published last week a final report suggesting amendments to the trading obligation under MiFIR following the introduction of EMIR Refit. The recent changes introduced to EMIR via Refit modify the scope of counterparties subject to the clearing obligation...

ESMA: Steven Maijoor addresses Global Innovation Institute on new technologies in capital markets

01 oktober in Article

The Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Steven Maijoor, has delivered a keynote speech on financial technology – New technologies within and beyond capital markets – at the AFME/Euromoney Global Innovation Institute conference in Paris (19 September 2018). The speech focused on technological...

SIX launches SIX Digital Exchange, an integrated trading, settlement and custody infrastructure for digital assets

24 juli in Article

SIX, the firm that manages and owns the Swiss stock exchange, announced early July the launch of a new digital asset exchange platform called SIX Digital Exchange (SDX). It will offer services for issuing and trading digital assets in a regulated environment. Indeed, SDX will be...

Retour sur l’édition 2018 de l’Assemblée Générale annuelle de l’ABMB

13 juni in Article

L’édition 2018 de l’Assemblée Générale annuelle de l’Association belge des Membres de la Bourse (ABMB) s’est déroulée le 5 juin à l’hôtel Le Châtelain à Bruxelles. Cette année, l’événement a été placé sous le signe de la finance durable. L’Assemblée Générale est généralement l’occasion de réunir...

McKinsey & WFE: FinTech decoded – Capturing the opportunity in capital markets infrastructure

05 maart in Article

The report—based on a survey of The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) members and data from the McKinsey Panorama Fintech database —evaluates the fintech landscape within the capital market infrastructure (CMI) industry, potential uses of new technologies across the value chain, and areas likely to see...