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What is in a name? The regulators seek to have the final word on the meaning of trading venue under MiFID

18 March 2024 / Author(s): Ferdisha Snagg , Andreas Wildner
Issue: November 2023 / Categories: Feature

For the EU’s and UK’s securities and markets regulators nothing is in the name nor in the technology used when it comes to the need for a trading venue licence. Yet, noting some uncertainty around the application of key concepts to certain facilities, each regulator has sought to provide clarity for their respective markets via recently published guidance.

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