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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is the biggest change programme Europe's capital markets have ever attempted. It takes all the protection away from Europe's Stock Exchanges and forces investment banks, brokers and dealers to guarantee best execution.
List of contents
Contents.
About the contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1 The Benefits, Opportunities and Challenges of MiFID.
2 An Overview of MiFID.
Best Execution.
Client Classification.
Passporting.
Principles-based Regulation -Will It Work?
Regulators: Consistent or Confused?
Regulatory Convergence: The Prospect for a European SEC.
Do We Need A Pan-European Regulator?
MiFID and RegNMS: Changing the DNA of the Capital Markets.
Make or Break for Europe.
Exchanges, MTF's, Systematic Internalisers and Data Providers.
Europe's Investment Markets in a Post-MiFID World: the Fight for
Value-Add.
Taking the Cost and Risk Out of MiFID Implementations.
What is the Outlook for Execution Venues Post MiFID?
How MiFID Changes Banking Business Across Europe.
MiFID&s Impact Upon the Retail Investment Markets.
What is the Role of Pre- and Post-Trade Standards?
MiFID: Data Leniency and All That.
Glossary.
Index.
Report
"a leading writer on financial services and banking...has gathered views of leading figures in the banking world" ( CA Magazine , August 2007)
"This book will be of particular interest to those dealing, trading and investing in European equities and instruments." ( Pensions World , December 2007)
"Anyone who has anything to do with... investing in European equities and instruments will find this book an essential guide..." ( eubusiness.com)
