Mifid II Archive

In the latest impact of Mifid II coming to America, a major investigation concentrating on research for small issuers has been successfully instigated by US politicians, on the back of the US coming closer to the European regulation. The US lower House of Congress, the House of Representatives, has passed a bipartisan bill requiring the SEC to study the provision of investment research into small issuers. The bill has been sent to the upper House of Congress, the Se...

Nineteen months into its existence, the impact of Mifid II is taking shape, with the latest study highlighting that sell-side research coverage has fallen – with some companies losing coverage completely. The study – ...

The internationalization of Mifid II continues apace, especially in the US, albeit with a regional slant, according to a leading expert on the issue.      ‘The roll-out of Mifid II as a de facto global standard continues – with the caveat that there are, of course, nuances in every market,’ Michael Hufton, ingage managing director, tells IR Magazine...

European regulators have long held opposing views on unbundling, the process of separating the costs of research and trading. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) successfully pushed for strict unbundling rules to appear in Mifid II, against the wishes of French financial regulator the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Now, with the UK set to leave the EU, could some of those rules be pared back? There’s ‘definitely talk about Mifid III’ and it ...