European Commission

EU delays capital rules for banks’ trading arms for second time

Regulation will be pushed back one year to the start of 2027

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EU follows UK in plans for private company share trading

Private trading among a raft of measures designed to boost EU markets

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'The last thing you want to do is to force EU market participants to have a worse service'

Bankers fear losing business amid EU clearing mandate: ‘We will be constrained’

Europe's efforts to win clearing business could backfire, officials at banks in the bloc warn

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The MiFIR/MiFID II agreement will also see the EU ban payment for order flow

EU agrees on real-time ‘consolidated tape’ data stream for equities

The consolidated tape will include pre-trade data which was seen as essential by traders

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Sagas like Gamestop threw the potential biases of a key revenue model into the spotlight

EU set to ban payment for order flow as US meme-stock platforms face uncertain future

Move to outlaw controversial revenue model sets up a showdown between EU platforms and their US rivals

Mairead McGuinness says CBDC is still on the cards for the EU, but regulators must tread carefully

EU states urged to agree on crypto rules this autumn, senior official says

Talks are progressing that would marry innovation with investor protection, senior official says

Bond trading ‘cartel’ lands Nomura, UBS and UniCredit with €371m fine

Financial crisis collusion draws scorn from European Commission

Clement Beaune, Frances European Union affairs minister, speaks during an interview in his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France

France threatens retaliation for UK’s banking sector unless Brexit fishing deal is respected

Fishing remains contentious as the European Parliament meets to debate the trade deal

The possibility of 'vaccine passports' has given the tourism sector renewed hope of recovery in 2021

EU Covid passports will allow travel to restart – here’s how they will work

The certificates give proof of vaccinated status alongside history of infection

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There has been growing criticism that some asset managers have exaggerated their ESG credentials

Fund managers brace for ‘onerous’ EU greenwashing rules

Asset managers selling sustainable investment products in the EU must comply with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and it could be costly

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