EPTA News
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FIA EPTA comments on ESMA’s Call for Evidence on Periodic Auctions
FIA EPTA is agnostic about the advent of periodic auction systems as such, and we welcome any form of meaningful market model innovation that is able to compete on its own merits with other market models.
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CMU and the Investment Firm Review: strengthening European capital markets through proportionality
Hands up if you want up-and-coming European companies to have sufficient access to the money they need to grow and to drive prosperity across the EU? It’s a no brainer – and one of the reasons why European politicians and regulators are keen to push forward the Capital Markets Union.
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FIA EPTA comments on ESMA Consultation Paper in relation to tick sizes for third-country instruments
FIA EPTA agrees with ESMA’s suggestion to recalibrate the tick-size regime for instruments where the main pool of liquidity is located outside the EU (third country instruments).
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FIA EPTA elects Mark Spanbroek as new chairman
The election was prompted by the decision of current chairman Remco Lenterman to step down from office. Mr Lenterman was instrumental in establishing FIA EPTA in 2011 and was chairman from 2011-2015 and 2016-2018.
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Developing the CMU through an effective new Prudential Regime for Investment Firms
One of the building blocks of the EU’s Capital Markets Union project is entering a crucial few months as the proposed new Prudential Regime for Investment Firms enters parliamentary scrutiny.
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FIA EPTA comments on the Investment Firm Review (IFR) legislative proposal
FIA EPTA welcomes the European Commission’s legislative proposals for a Directive and a Regulation on the prudential supervision, and the prudential requirements, of investment firms.
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FIA EPTA comments in reponse to the EC proposals for a new prudential regime for investment firms
Comments from Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General of FIA EPTA, representing 30 independent proprietary trading investment firms operating in Europe, on the European Commission proposals on the new Prudential Regime for Investment Firms.
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FIA EPTA comments on EBA's preliminary recommendations for a new IF prudential regime
Letter to Didier Millerot (Head of Unit D2, DG FISMA) by FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) concerning the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) technical advice to the European Commission on a new prudential regime for investment firms.
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FIA EPTA comments on the new Prudential Regime for Investment Firms
On the basis of Articles 508(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/20131 (CRR) the European Commission is drafting a legislative proposal on a prudential regime for investment firms.
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FIA EPTA response to ESMA consultation on the evaluation of the Short-selling Regulation
On 4 September 2017 FIA EPTA responded to the ESMA consultation on the evaluation for the Short-selling Regulation, in particular focusing on market making activities (MMA exemption).
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