Regulations

Overview of current and near term EU regulation in financial services

This section describes some of the most relevant new regulatory requirements facing you as a customer to Nordea Markets. Our aim is to provide you with information and insights about important regulatory developments in an easily accessible and understandable way.

Regulations

MiFID II

MiFID II was published in the EU Official Journal on 12 June 2014 and implemented in January 2018

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LEI

The Legal Entity Identifier (currently known as pre-LEI, later LEI) is a reference number to uniquely identify parties in financial transactions worldwide, throughout all markets and legal systems.

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SFTR

The European Union has introduced the Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) to enhance the transparency and regulatory oversight of the securities financing market.

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KIDs for PRIIPs

Key Information Documents (KIDs) are documents designed to help investors to understand investment products behaviour and support comparison with other similar investment products.

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EMIR

Requires derivatives counterparties in EU to clear, report and risk mitigate derivatives transactions.

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IBOR

IBORs are used as reference rates for various types of financial products and contracts

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