ISDA and FIA Europe have jointly responded to draft guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority that aim to clarify the scope of financial instruments (commodity derivatives) under MIFID I – in particular, physically settled contracts traded on regulated markets (RMs) and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), and other contracts not traded on RMs or MTFs that have the characteristics of financial instruments.
Documents (1) for MIFID I – commodity derivatives: Joint ISDA/FIA Europe response to ESMA consultation on draft guidelines
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