On October 10, 2016, ESMA published a Final Report providing its responses to the feedback on the proposed Guidelines on transaction reporting, order record keeping and clock synchronization under the MiFID II package. The final Guidelines were also published. The MiFID II package, which comprises the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation and the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive as well as the related technical standards, imposes transaction reporting and order record keeping obligations on investment firms, approved reporting mechanisms, trading venues and systematic internalizers. The Guidelines focus on the preparation of transaction reports and order data records for various scenarios and aim to harmonize across Member States the approach to compliance with the MiFID II requirements. The Guidelines also include examples for reporting specific financial instruments with a focus on derivatives and provide further clarification on specific legislative provisions in the MiFID II package, on terms such as "reportable events" and "gateway-to-gateway latency." The Guidelines will apply from January 3, 2018 in line with the application date of the MiFID II package.
ESMA's Final Report and final Guidelines are available at: https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-provides-guidance-transaction-reporting-order-record-keeping-and-clock .
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