Europe News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting Europe and the U.K.
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FIA MiFID II Project Plan
FIA's project plan helps members track the progess towards meeting the deadline of 2 March for responding to ESMA's latest consultation on MiFID II/MiFIR
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UK wholesale power market change to trading calendar
Following extensive market consultation and coordination, the UK power market is taking the step to switch trading in wholesale UK power from the EFA calendar to the more widely used standard Gregorian calendar on Friday 1 November.
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FOA releases EMIR implementation workshop documentation
FOA releases EMIR implementation workshop documentation
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FIA issues guidance on systems and controls for electronic trading environments
This document supports and seeks to provide more detailed guidance on the implementation of, amongst other things, the ‘Guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment’ (ESMA Guidelines).
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FOA response to ESMA Consultation Paper on Draft Technical Standards for Regulation of OTCs, CCPs and Trade Repositories
FOA response to ESMA Consultation Paper on Draft Technical Standards for Regulation of OTCs, CCPs and Trade Repositories
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FOA response to Guidelines on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities
FOA response to Guidelines on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities
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Commodities Agreements
The Futures and Options Association (now FIA) in 2004 published the latest version of the Grid Trade Master Agreement (GTMA), which is a standard agreement for bilateral trading of UK electricity. It can be supplemented by the Options Annex to the GTMA. In 2005, the FOA (now FIA) also published a standard agreement for trading Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) in the UK – the ROC Trading Master Agreement (ROCTMA).
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