On February 18, 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority published an addendum consultation paper complementing the transparency section of its previous consultation paper published in December 2014 on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation. The addendum seeks views on transparency requirements for non-equity instruments not covered in the previously published consultation paper, namely foreign exchange derivatives, credit derivatives, other derivatives and contracts for difference. The draft regulatory technical standards on transparency requirements of bonds, structured finance products, emission allowances and derivatives previously referred to in the December 2014 consultation are completed in this addendum, and therefore the addendum should be read alongside the previously published consultation. MiFID II and MiFIR are applicable from January 3, 2017. The consultation closes on March 20, 2015.
The consultation paper is available at: http://www.esma.europa.eu/content/Addendum-Consultation-Paper-MiFID-IIMiFIR.
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