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Commodity trading firms piece together Mifid II jigsaw

Mifid II is certain to have a big impact on commodity trading firms, but market participants say that piecing together the precise effect of the legislation is difficult due to undefined terms and its complex links with other European rules. Stella Farrington reports

Piecing the puzzle of Mifid II
More commodity trading firms will become subject to Mifid rules
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Since the global financial crisis, commodity trading firms in the European Union have been subjected to a barrage of new rules. Examples include the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (Remit), a 2011 law designed to curb market manipulation and insider trading in physical and financial power and natural gas, and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir), which took effect in 2012 and seeks to regulate trading in over-the-counter derivatives.

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