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FCA issues final Mifid II consultation

The UK will have to implement the rulebook despite Brexit, because its 2018 start date will come before it has officially left the EU

Mifid II will transform Europe's markets
Mifid II will transform Europe's markets

The UK's main financial regulator has produced its fourth - and final - consultation setting out how it intends to implement the European Union's new trading rulebook.

The updated Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or Mifid II for short, will transform Europe's trading industry when it comes into force on January 3, 2018, affecting everything from bond trading to the way investment research is produced.

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