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07 Aug 2020
5 min to read

The Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business is Close to Formal Adoption: What Now?

Eugenia Macchiavello

The European Commission has been looking at crowdfunding as an important alternative source of funding for SMEs (as part of its Capital Markets Union program and FinTech Action Plan) and has...

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15 Feb 2018

Market Abuse Rules in the Era of Financial Innovation: A Recent Book on the European Legislative Framework

Marco Ventoruzzo | Chiara Picciau

On July 3, 2016 the entire text of Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 (‘Market Abuse Regulation’: see here and here) has become fully applicable in the European Member States, introducing a uniform legal...

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  • Financial Regulation
22 Jan 2018

Post MiFID II, Dark Trading Should Return to Basics

Haoxiang Zhu | Carole Comerton-Forde

On January 3, 2018, the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID II, became effective across EU member states. This comprehensive and far-reaching regulation will shape European...

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  • Financial Regulation
15 Aug 2017

The Evolution of ESMA and Direct Supervision: Are there Implications for EU Supervisory Governance?

Elizabeth Howell

The European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) was established over six years ago. It, and its sibling bodies for banking, and the insurance and occupational pensions sector, emerged from the...

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