MiFID II presents many challenges and affects most phases of the trading life cycle. While it appears that the final implementation date will be delayed, we continue to advocate that the delay should focus on extending the “crunch time” – the period following the National Competent Authorities’ (NCA) final guidance and the compliance/implementation date. An extension of this period will provide market participants more time to plan, design and test their systems.
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