Five markets are set to join the project to harmonize securities settlement in Europe.
It will be a while before AIs conquer the front office.
European equity block trading will become more difficult under MiFID II
The complexity of quote-driven markets will increase under the new regulations
MiFID II will introduce a new category of trading venue and change how banks and brokers organise their trading operations
Recently enacted EU market-abuse rules extend requirements beyond equities.
The first-generation robo-advisors need to offer more than mutual fund selection to survive.
Distributed-ledger technology gets an organizational push.
Blockchain has venture-capital firms taking a wait-and-see approach to investment.