Update

ISSUE 64, feb 2007


European Regulation
- MiFID
- MiFID connect
- Best Execution
- CESR second consultation on transaction reporting
- Regulation of branches
- Inducements
- The European Commission's Commodities Review
- EU/US Financial Services Regulatory Dialogue

UK Business Conduct Regulation
- Look out for...
- Have you read...?
- MiFID Implementation
- The move to more principles-based regulation
- Regulation of non-MiFID Scope business
- FSA review of Suspicious Transactions Reporting
- FSA Business Plan 2007/08: extracts from supervisory themes

Prudential Regulation
- Have you read…?
- Impact analysis of applying the CRD to specialist commodity dealers
- Capital Requirements Directive breakfast sessions
- Netting agreement legal opinions

Financial Crime
- Draft Money Laundering Regulations 2007 published for consultation
- Revision of the JMLSG Guidance

Exchange & Clearing House Issues
- Eurex - crossing rules
- Euronext.liffe - Proposed change to Euribor trading hours and TRS opening hours
- LME - LME minis and give-ups
- Matching Performance and ‘Naming & Shaming'
- LME Order Handling Guidelines

HR
- Employment Legislation Diary 2007

Member Services
- New International Give-Up Agreements


Operational Issues
- FIA's EGUS project
- GAINS for Europe

FOA Forums
- Compliance Forum


Training and Education
- Compliance in Derivatives course - in-house
- MiFID e-learning courses
- MiFID transition training day

Events
- City Debate
- Best Brazil in Europe - one day conference, compliementary to FOA members
- International Derivatives Week
- MiFID: Are you Ready for Implementation
- The 2 nd Annual Conference - MiFID: Reality Check
- SII (Securities & Investment Institute) Annual Conference

Publications
-Derivatives 2007: Meeting the Challenge of Change

 

Key subjects of interest this month are:

If you have any comments regarding this issue of the "Update" please contact Sarah Woolcock or by telephone on +44 (0)20 7090 1330.

For further information please contact:

Regulatory Matters Anthony Belchambers/Jane Green
Member Services Hugo Jenkins
Prudential Regulation Simon Andrews
Accounting/Finance David Stuart
Public Affairs Patricia Duncan
Information Services Sarah Woolcock
Special Events Bernadette Connolly

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