EMIR REFIT – Trade Reporting

Wes Cude Regulation

Further to the introduction of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in 2012 and subsequent revisions in 2015 and 2017, the REFIT program (Regulatory Fitness and Performance Program) was instigated. The purpose of the REFIT for Trade Reporting, which commenced in 2019, has been to review the issues identified in the years since reporting obligations were introduced and to use these findings to enhance the accuracy of Trade Reporting, through improved data quality and industry standardisation.

Sanctions and KYC following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

New Link Editor Anti-Financial Crime

“Businesses need to take basic steps to investigate their own potential links to sanctioned Russian businesses and individuals, or else face the potential for what should be an avoidable worst-case scenario…You are supposed to be screening absolutely everyone you do business with — suppliers, customers and partners. This is a strict liability, and it doesn’t matter if you didn’t know.”  …