Set for January 2018 introduction
The year 2005 seems like a lifetime ago instead of ten years. We were in the aftermath of the dotcom crisis and had lost a generation of investors who had been sucked in by the supposedly high returns with little risk offered from investing in technology...
Out campaigners living in 'cloud cuckoo land'
Fined for exploiting weaknesses in trading systems
FCA chairman John Griffith-Jones has said a delay to MiFID II implementation is "not ideal" but a year-long reprieve would provide a more achievable timeframe for firms.
Will come into force 31 December 2016 if approved
Much is made within the industry about 'profitable' and 'unprofitable' clients, but outside the financial services bubble it can sound a bit crass or uncaring.