Benefits from trade repositories having an RRM functionality - areas for residual risk
- Category: REMIT
Are you completely certain on what occasions your energy supply and derivatives contracts must be reported to ACER and not to the trade repository?
Surprised? It may mean you are at risk of non-compliance...
Client relationship brings bonuses under REMIT
- Category: REMIT
As the latest version of the ACER's reporting guidelines acknowledges, the client participation in the trading venue not involving a membership does not entail a reporting requirement for the client under REMIT.
Day-ahead contract is a "forward style"?
- Category: REMIT
Do you identify differences between "forward contract" and "forward style contract"? No? You should start doing this. Since "forward style contract" can equally be a spot and your REMIT transaction reports may occur flawed.
Our REMIT magnifying glass - check whether your transparency website uses RSS feed!
- Category: REMIT
There are first regulatory interventions sanctioning improper disclosure of REMIT inside information, in particular, regarding the power plant unplanned unavailability.
It shouldn't be a surprise since the necessary content of such disclosure is sometimes missing.
The key dates approaching are 7 April 2016 and 7 July 2016.
Risk-reducing transactions more transparent
- Category: MiFID
Non-financial companies are required to include in their internal policies "measures to ensure" that the risk-reducing transactions serve no other purpose than covering risks directly related to the commercial activities of the non-financial entity, and that any transaction serving a different purpose can be clearly identified.
If they still want to remain non-financials, obviously…
The clock starts ticking to be authorised under MiFID II
- Category: MiFID
Overall, when it comes to transitory issues, it is useful to note that for an anciliary activity exemption the clock has started ticking as from July 2015 i.e. well before 2017, which is is the date when MiFID II will enter into force.
It follows, the trading activity executed as from July 2015 must be assessed against the relevant thresholds.