--- title: Data Is Watchword At FIX description: Lack of a consolidated tape and cost of market data were raised. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-641606666-1-May-12-2022-09-26-16-17-AM.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/data-is-watchword-at-fix#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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MiFID II, the regulation which came into force in the EU in January, strengthened the requirements to evidence best execution. However there is no consolidated tape in the region and traders have to monitor prices across individual venues which increases fragmentation and cost. The EU is currently trying to enact a Capital Markets Union which aims to lower the cost of investment and attract more capital into the trading bloc. “The cost of market data is ludicrously high in Europe, it should be 50 times cheaper,” said one panellist. A previous commercial venture to launch a European consolidated tape, the Coba Project, failed in 2013 due to insufficient support from banks, fund managers, data providers and stock exchanges. MiFID II also introduced pre-trade transparency requirements and post-trade transaction reporting. It was agreed that the quality of data needs to be improved, particularly with regard to systematic internalisers. The regulation prohibits broker crossing networks and instead required firms to set up SIs. However, there is no central register of SIs, addressable liquidity at SIs cannot be identified and there is also double counting of some trades. In order to strengthen best execution, MiFID II has unbundled payments for research, which have traditionally been combined into trading commissions. One panellist said: “Old research has become data.” In addition, the buyside wants research to be available in machine readable formats, together with the data underlying any models. Another panellist said: “The use of non-traditional research has increased over the last 10 to 15 years.” MiFID II also introduces double volume caps on trading in dark pools which went live at the start of this week, and are intended to boost volumes on lit venues. https://twitter.com/shannybasar/status/974251888353869825 More than 750 stocks have been suspended from being traded in dark pools for six months as they have exceeded the limit of 4% of total volume on a single venue in the past 12 months and 8% combined across all EU dark pools. Market participants felt the introduction of the caps had gone smoothly with no disruptions to trading, but it is too early to tell how trading patterns have changed and whether there will be a shift to more trading on lit venues. https://twitter.com/CityInsideOut/status/974222956057546752 https://twitter.com/shannybasar/status/974261469595553792 There has been an increase in volumes in periodic auctions on lit venues. However one panellist warned that regulators will not continue to allow broker preference and price taking in auctions as this is really dark trading. “If end investors want a revolution then it will happen,” he added. “They want better and fuller transparency and that will only come through data.” However, although data had become more important to the buyside, venues have been raising the cost of market data. One panellist added: “The buyside needs new innovative tools for analysing data. 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