MiFID II Compliance Exchange
Compliance

Despite Britain opting to leave the EU it is expected that MiFID II (or something very like it) will come into effect in the UK on 3 January 2018. The links below are designed to help practitioners prepare for the changes.

MiFID II Compliance Resources

The Directive English language .pdf of the original text of the MiFID II Directive
The Regulations English language .pdf of the original text of the MiFIR Regulations
The MiFID Delegated Directive Delegated directive supporting the MiFID II Directive
The MiFID Org Regulation Supplementing implementing regulation
The MIFI Regulations The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 SI 2017-701
FCA's MiFID II page FCA's page to keep market participants, firms and consumers informed of developments relating to MiFID II
FCA CP I FCA's first MiFID II consultation paper (15 December 2015) covers issues related to regulation of the secondary trading of financial instruments on RMs, MTFs, OTFs, SIs and by HFTs
FCA CP II FCA's second MiFID II consultation paper (29 July 2016)
FCA CP III FCA's third MiFID II consultation paper (29 September 2016)
FCA CP IV FCA's fourth MiFID II consultation paper (December 2016)
FCA CP V FCA's fifth MiFID II consultation paper (March 2017)
FCA CP VI FCA's sixth MiFID II consultation paper (July 2017)
FCA PS I FCA's first MiFID II policy statement with draft rules (31 March 2017)
FCA PS II FCA's second MiFID II policy statement with finalised rules (July 2017)
ESMA's MiFID II Timetable MiFID II/MiFIR II entered into force on 2 July 2014. The new rules will take effect from 3 January 2017, following the consultation exercise
Technical Standards Consultation on Draft technical standards under MiFID II - ESMA invited responses to questions listed in this Paper by 31 October 2015

The Earlier MiFID I - the prequel

The original MiFID Directive 2004-39-EC (MiFID Level 1) English language .pdf of the original text of the MiFID Directive 2004-39-EC (MiFID Level 1)
The Earlier MiFID Implementing Directive 2006-73-EC (MiFID Level 2) English language .pdf of the original text of the MiFID Implementing Directive 2006-73-EC (MiFID Level 2)
Original ESMA Guidelines for the compliance function Guide to the MiFID compliance function requirements, September 2012 - ESMA/2012/388