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The Mifid II position-reporting regime is not in a good place. It’s going to take at least six to 12 months to get this reporting to where the information being provided is of any use to anyone
Robert Barnes, Futures Industry Association
No regulator is requiring the [bitcoin spot] exchanges to do anything as far as trade surveillance and monitoring for manipulation
Gary DeWaal, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Many firms will already have set up their systems to reject any trades without an LEI, with no scope to delay transaction reporting. It’s being helpful in an unhelpful way
Jake Green, Ashurst
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