MiFIR transaction reporting

  • UK T+1 Settlement: The FCA’s 2027 Readiness Warning

    11 October 2027 is the government-supported first trading date for the UK T+1 transition. HM Treasury has committed to legislate for that date, but its latest published statutory instrument is still draft and subject to affirmative parliamentary approval. Under the draft, UK CSDR Article 5(2) would require in-scope transactions in transferable securities executed on a…

  • ESMA CAFI Guidelines: When a Crypto-Asset Is a Financial Instrument

    On 17 December 2024 the European Securities and Markets Authority published its Final Report and, in Annex III, the Guidelines on the conditions and criteria for the qualification of crypto-assets as financial instruments, reference ESMA75453128700-1323. That document, often shortened to the CAFI Guidelines, addresses whether a crypto-asset qualifies as a financial instrument and is therefore…