Financial Information Publishers To Be Biggest Winners From MiFID II

At the beginning of 2018 (January 3), the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II is set to come into effect. Firms have been gearing up for the introduction of this key piece of legislation for years following the introduction of the initial MiFID I policy during 2007.

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This new piece of legislation has four key objectives, including: (a) increased investor protection; (b) alignment of regulation across the EU in certain areas; (c) increased competition across the financial...