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Markets in Financial Instruments Directive definition

What does Markets in Financial Instruments Directive mean? In practice, the Markets in financial instruments Directive (MiFID) describes the regulatory framework governing investment services, client categorisation and trading venues. It is a legislative term: the original Directive 2004/39/EC (MiFID I) applied from 1 November 2007 and was replaced from 3 January 2018 by Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II), alongside the directly applicable Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) (EU No 600/2014). Key features include client classification (retail, professional and eligible counterparty), conduct of business obligations (suitability/appropriateness, best execution, client disclosures), product governance, transaction reporting, and market structure rules for regulated markets, MTFs and OTFs, including systematic internalisers. Occupational...

UK and EU corporate law and capital markets—2016 horizon scan of key developments and dates

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Practice notes

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This archived Practice Note outlined major legal changes anticipated to affect corporate lawyers in 2016. It has not been updated since 2016. For developments from January 2018 onwards, see Practice Note: Corporate horizon scanning—2018 and beyond. To monitor legal and regulatory changes on particular themes, see our Trackers:

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act—company law reforms [Archived]
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial instruments Regulation (MiFIR)—timeline (2007–2023) [Archived]
EU Prospectus Regulation tracker (2001–2020)
Transparency Directive tracker [Archived]

Key developments during 2016 included:

Modern Slavery Act 2015—certain commercial organisations with a year-end on or after 31 March 2016 had to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking transparency statement.
People with significant control register (PSC register) under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015—obligation to maintain a register took effect on 6 April 2016.
SBEEA 2015—additional provisions commenced on 30 June 2016, including those relating to confirmation statements.
Revised MiFID II—the timeframe for Member State transposition and application of the Directive was extended by a

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