Compliance and the role of intermediaries are on the agenda of the first consultation paper on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) today delivered to the European Commission by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR)....
Execution-only investment deals without the need to go through cumbersome suitability checks will still be allowed following a vote in the European Parliament on amendments to the Investment Services Directive.
The Financial Services Authority is hosting a special meeting of European regulators next Thursday to look at the impact minimum professional indemnity insurance requirements of the Investment Services Directive and Insurance Mediation Directive could...