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Insider dealing and market manipulation finally outlawed and punished

“The scandal over the manipulation of the EURIBOR and LIBOR benchmarks not only underlined the transnational nature and impact of the financial markets, but it also showed that the differences between Member States’ legislation was a fert…

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MIFiD: Stronger investors’ protection and competition as preconditions for a robust financial market

Tonight, after months of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II). This revision was proposed in 2011 by the Commission to resp…

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MIFiD: Stronger investors’ protection and competition as preconditions for a robust financial market

Tonight, after months of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II). This revision was proposed in 2011 by the Commission to resp…

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