Archive for the 'Finance Ministry (SE)' Category

Ministry of Finance (SE) publishes governmental bill on MiFID

Ministry of Finance (SE) published on 2007-04-27 a governmental bill on MiFID. The Parliament will vote on the bill as indicated on 2007-06-14.

The Ministry of Finance (SE) has submitted draft legislation on MiFID to the law committee

The Ministry of Finance (SE) submitted on 2007-03-06 draft legislation on MiFID to the law committee. The document exceeds 1000 pages. The Swedish Parliament is supposed to vote on the bill on 14th June and the FSA (SE) will issue its regulations on MiFID by August 2007.

FSA (SE) announce regulations by 2006-12-15

The FSA(SE) has on 2006-11-29 announced draft regulations by 2006-12-15. Consultations will be carried out until end of January 2007.
A draft bill will be presented to Lagrådet (Legal Council) in January and a bill will be presented to the Parliament in February 2007.

MiFID transposition and application - State of Play in the Member States

EC has made a survey of the State of Play on transposing MiFID into national legislation, Report. It seems as if only 9 out of 27 member states that responded to the Questionnaire expect to meet the transposition deadline of 31st January 2007.
EC say they will be rigorous in exercising its enforcement functions under the Treaty on delayed member […]

Swedish Governmental Commission report on new agency law

The Swedish Governmental Commission published 2006-01-26 a proposal for a new agency law. This proposed law could interfere with certain provisions of MiFID with respect to credit institutions and investment firms when acting in the capacity of an agent. 
SSDA and the Swedish Bankers Association responded on 2006-08-14. In a separate Annex was a comment made upon liability for measures over which the person […]

Swedish Government Commision report on MiFID

The Swedish Government Commission “Värdepappersmarknadsutredningen” published its report for consultation in April 2006.
SSDA and Swedish Bankers Association responded 2006-08-14,
FSA (SE) responded 2006-08-14, 

MiFID seminar in Stockholm 2006-09-04

A joint seminar with the Finance Ministry and the FSA on MiFID was arranged by SSDA 2006-09-04 in a half-day seminar covering the following topics:

MiFID Level 2 – the implementation directive by Johan Lycke and the implementation regulation by Lars Nordström
Johan Lycke, Lars Nordström

MIFID – the Swedish legislation by Katarina Back, Financial Ministry
Katarina Back

MIFID – […]