This is the first in a series of columns to be published over the rest of the year, looking back at changes to IR during the 2010s...Read more
Michael Hufton

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Mifid II has finally landed. We now move from hypothetical analysis by pundits to observation of hard facts on the ground. Only time...Read more
In February we wrote about the risk of fog in the Channel undermining Mifid II , and work by the European Securities and Markets...Read more
Why is July 3 significant? It’s the deadline by which all EU member states must have Mifid II adopted into local rulebooks – and it’s...Read more
December 2019
This is the first in a series of columns to be published over the rest of the year, looking back at changes to IR during the 2010s...Read more
January 2018
Mifid II has finally landed. We now move from hypothetical analysis by pundits to observation of hard facts on the ground. Only time...Read more
April 2017
In February we wrote about the risk of fog in the Channel undermining Mifid II , and work by the European Securities and Markets...Read more
February 2017
Why is July 3 significant? It’s the deadline by which all EU member states must have Mifid II adopted into local rulebooks – and it’s...Read more
June 2016
Shock, confusion, uncertainty: this was the predominant reaction to last Thursday’s vote. While the landscape is shrouded in fog,...Read more
April 2016
Finally, 10 months late, the European Commission (EC) has published the MiFID II delegated acts relating to research and inducements...Read more
November 2015
At a glance The broker model In the UK, relatively small investor relations teams reflect the role...Read more
The newswires have been flooded with reports that there will be a delay to the MiFID II implementation date – perhaps by a year, to...Read more
October 2015
MiFID II, arguably the most significant regulatory onslaught to hit the financial services industry since Big Bang, is in a state of...Read more
December 2019
This is the first in a series of columns to be published over the rest of the year, looking back at changes to IR during the 2010s...Read more
January 2018
Mifid II has finally landed. We now move from hypothetical analysis by pundits to observation of hard facts on the ground. Only time...Read more
April 2017
In February we wrote about the risk of fog in the Channel undermining Mifid II , and work by the European Securities and Markets...Read more
February 2017
Why is July 3 significant? It’s the deadline by which all EU member states must have Mifid II adopted into local rulebooks – and it’s...Read more
June 2016
Shock, confusion, uncertainty: this was the predominant reaction to last Thursday’s vote. While the landscape is shrouded in fog,...Read more
April 2016
Finally, 10 months late, the European Commission (EC) has published the MiFID II delegated acts relating to research and inducements...Read more
November 2015
At a glance The broker model In the UK, relatively small investor relations teams reflect the role...Read more
The newswires have been flooded with reports that there will be a delay to the MiFID II implementation date – perhaps by a year, to...Read more
October 2015
MiFID II, arguably the most significant regulatory onslaught to hit the financial services industry since Big Bang, is in a state of...Read more