Trésor-Economics No. 29 - Implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive: what is at stake?
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (the MiFID) came into force on 1 November 2007. Under this directive, States can no longer require investors' orders to be concentrated on the regulated exchanges only. As a result of this rule, applied with variable rigour from one European country to another, the great majority of orders have hitherto been routed through regulated markets, and in pa... Lire la suite