The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has on the 29.5.2018 updated its Questions and Answers regarding transparency and market structures issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
The Q&A provides clarification on the following topics:
- the requirements to publish information on post-trade data 15 minutes after publication free of charge;
- the publication of transactions and how to populate the field 'publication date and time';
- pre-trade transparency requirements for voice trading systems;
- pre-trade transparency requirements for RFQ systems;
OTFs arranging trading in strategies which include an equity leg
The purpose of these Q&As is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MiFID II and MiFIR. They provide responses to questions posed by the general public and market participants in relation to the practical application of level 1 and level 2 provisions relating to transparency and market structures issues.
ESMA continues to develop these Q&As and reviews and updates them where required.
The updated ESMA Q&A can be accessed here.
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