Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to Take Effect

By James Hamilton, J.D., LL.M.

A sweeping reform of financial services regulation in the European Union is represented by MiFID, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, 2004/39/EC, which takes effect on November 1, 2007. It replaces the Investment Services Directive which was adopted in 1993. Please view a white paper that I did on MiFID