Week I of Mifid II: No light yet in dark pools

Some of the blips thrown up by the launch of the new regime look like more than just teething problems.

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The launch of Mifid II on January 3 went about as smoothly as any mid-week, year-end, market-transforming imposition of thousands of pages of new securities regulations might be expected to do.

Bond volumes cratered, participants struggled to access data and by the end of the first week two crucial parts of the new regulation’s transparency drive had been put on hold.

In the context of grand financial market regulatory projects, therefore, not a total disaster and perhaps even something of a success.

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