MiFID II setback: Regulator halts European equity trading shake-up
Rulings were due to be first calculations aimed at clamping down on trading in dark pools
philip stafford
10.01.2018
European regulators late on Tuesday abruptly delayed the introduction of Mifid II rules that form a key part of their push for greater transparency in share market trading.
The sudden development means that share trading across the region will be spared from a shake-up for at least three months, and one that was set to temporarily bar a large number of stocks from being transacted in private venues, known as dark pools.