MiFID II - A Guide for Practitioners in North America

London Financial Studies

Short course

In New York (USA)

£ 1,350.02 + VAT

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 1,695

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    New york (USA)

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This one-day course will help you understand, analyze, and identify the key practical challenges and solutions related to MiFID II in both equities and fixed income markets. The impact of this European regulation on North American firms will be examined, as well as being compared and contrasted to Dodd-Frank. We will explore all the major features of the regulation and all the intended, and unintended consequences of this legislation for both buy-side and sell-side firms.

Case studies and workshops will be applied to aid a more detailed understanding of the impact of the legislation.

Facilities

Location

Start date

New York (USA)
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Start date

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About this course

- Understand the primary goals of MiFID II
- Examine the impact for North American financial firms and compare with Dodd-Frank
- Get an overview of the main elements required by the regulation
- Analyze the consequences of the directive for the financial community
- Gain familiarity with the key terminology from the legislation
- Focus on the impact to trading particularly around pre- and post-trade transparency
- Find the answers to your questions and concerns about MiFID

and execution desks
Sales and Sales-traders
Portfolio managers
Risk managers
Quants/Financial engineers
Technology project owners
Brokers and vendors
Business managers
Compliance officers

A basic understanding of capital markets and securities trading.

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Subjects

  • Electronic Trading
  • Trading
  • Trade
  • Regulations
  • Regulators
  • Regulation Financial
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Portfolio
  • Risk
  • Compliance

Teachers and trainers (1)

Jamie Walton

Jamie Walton

Teacher

Dr Jamie Walton has over 18 years of experience as a quant in financial markets. For the last 10 years, he was the head FX quant at Morgan Stanley, where he built the team of FX electronic trading quants. In recent years, Dr Walton has presented at conferences and written articles on electronic trading, as well as providing independent consultancy in quantitative finance. Dr Walton is also an Honorary Research Fellow at UCL, where he lectures in Financial Mathematics as part of the Masters Financial Mathematics Programme.

Course programme

MiFID II - Fundamentals
  • Comparison with MiFID I
  • Start dates: relevant dates for compliance and data submission
  • Extraterritoriality: what is the impact on North American firms?
  • What about Brexit? Passporting and the single market
  • Buy-side vs. sell-side: extension of regulations to asset managers
  • Equities vs. Fixed Income: the move to exchange-like facilities
  • Key terms for MiFID II: a guide through all the acronyms

Pre-trade Transparency
  • Liquid instruments: changing definitions, large in scale, ESMA’s role
  • Systematic Internalizers: when do you fall under this definition? What your role is
  • Venues: RMs, MTFs, OTFs, and BCNs

Best Execution
  • What does this mean in fixed income markets?
  • Transaction cost analysis

Post-trade Transparency
  • Block sizes and reporting rules
  • APAs and the availability of post-trade data
  • Workshop: Impact of transparency rules on trading

Regulations for Execution
  • Limits on Dark Pool trading
  • Algorithmic trading
  • Direct Electronic Access
  • Derivatives trading, clearing, and compression

High-frequency Trading
  • Authorization and limits
  • Stress testing, clock synch

Surveillance
  • Market monitoring, manipulation, and abuse
  • Record keeping and recording of conversations

Research Unbundling
  • Direct fees and Research Payment Accounts (RPAs)

Dodd-Frank vs. MiFID
  • Research Unbundling vs. Investment Advice
  • Swap Execution Facilities vs. MTFs
  • The Volcker Rule and Systematic Internalizers

Case Studies: How MiFID will affect financial firms globally
Review and Conclusions

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MiFID II - A Guide for Practitioners in North America

£ 1,350.02 + VAT

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 1,695

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