A candid review of the state of the market, which countries will transpose Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) on time and who will be ready to meet the compliance deadline of 3 January 2018? The webinar will provide valuable insights into how customers are addressing the challenges of MiFID II and what more needs to be done to get firms over the finishing line. Join the webinar to find out about: -Whether implementation will be on time -Which countries are ahead and why? -What sectors are ready or will soon be ready -How 2018 will look and what changes can we expect -What firms should focus on now for 2018

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To be MiFID II or not to be? Approaches
for 2018 and who is ready?

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Moderator:
Sarah Underwood, Editor, A-Team Group

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Panel Member: Beate Born, Global
MifID II Trading Project Lead, UBS
Areas of Expertise:
• MiFID II trading topics from a buy side/wealth
management perspective, including transaction
reporting, trading venue regime, transparency
and trading obligations
• Implementation of MiFID II requirements across
branches and subsidiaries of UBS
• Dealing with the implementation of complex
IT and legal entity structures

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Panel Member: James Roberts, Director, European
Public Policy, International Swaps and Derivatives
Association (ISDA)
Areas of Expertise:
• Policy process of MiFID II
• Market infrastructure and trading

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Panel Member: John Mason, Global Head, Regulatory
and Market Structure Propositions, Financial and Risk
Division, Thomson Reuters
Areas of Expertise:
• Responsible for ensuring Thomson Reuters addresses
the industry’s regulatory challenges effectively –
MiFID II and best execution are a particular focus
• Tasked with developing solutions across the product
range to meet evolving requirements of financial
market participants
• Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, John ran European
Enterprise Solutions for Bloomberg and was also
Global Head of Regulatory Reporting

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Panel Member: Peter Moss, CEO, The SmartStream
Reference Data Utility (RDU)
Areas of Expertise:
• CEO of The SmartStream Reference Data Utility
(RDU), a partnership with Goldman Sachs,
JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley
• Nearly three decades in the financial data industry,
mostly at Thomson Reuters
• Established the Thomson Reuters Enterprise business
that includes Elektron real-time feeds and
DataScope
• Ran data and technology operations at Thomson
Reuters as CTO

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The mood in the market as MiFID II compliance approaches
Countries that will or may not transpose the regulation in time
Capital markets sectors that will be ready to meet the deadline
Outstanding challenges of MiFID II and how they can be addressed
The final push to get over the finishing line on 3 January, 2018
MiFID II and MiFIR plans firms should be making now for next year
First mover advantage and the benefits of well-worked compliance
Final advice for firms struggling to achieve MiFID II compliance
Talking Points

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With a month (and a few days) to MiFID II
compliance, what is the mood in the market?
• October 26, 2012: European Parliament
approves MiFID II
• July 2, 2014: MiFID II enters into force
• February 10, 2016: European Commission
proposes one year delay, which is upheld
• July 3, 2017: Deadline to implement
directive in local legislation
• January 3, 2018: Compliance deadline

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Countries that will and won’t have transposed the
regulation in time for the compliance deadline
• France
• Germany
• Austria
• UK
• Spain
• Portugal
• Italy
• Sweden
• Denmark
• Finland
• Greece
• Poland
• Slovakia

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Sectors of capital markets that are, or are
expected to be, ready to meet the deadline

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The remaining challenges of MiFID II and how best
they can be addressed
• Sourcing all required data
• Obtaining necessary LEIs
• Getting ISINs from the DBS
• Working with APAs and ARMs
• Transaction reporting
• Trade reporting

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The final push that will get firms that are nearly
ready for MiFID II over the finishing line

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How will 2018 look and can we expect any
changes to the regulation?
• Systematic internaliser issues?
• Early days for APAs and ARMS?
• Troubles with ISIN allocation?
• Introduction of the Financial
Instrument Reference
Database (FIRDS)?

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MiFID II and MiFIR plans firms should be making
now for 2018

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Complete and well-worked compliance, and the
benefits it can deliver
• Reduced costs over time
• Operational efficiencies
• Better understanding of data
• Base to streamline regulatory data
• Additional and useful datasets
• New business opportunities

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First mover advantage of MiFID II compliance

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Last minute advice for firms struggling to meet the
MiFID II deadline

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