Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR)

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Question 1

According to MiFIR, which of the following is NOT a uniform requirement established by the regulation?

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Question 2

Under MiFIR's pre-trade transparency rules for equity instruments, what information must market operators make publicly available?

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Question 3

What is the maximum percentage of total EU trading volume in an equity instrument that can be executed on a single trading venue under a waiver before that venue's waiver is suspended?

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Question 4

For how long must an investment firm keep relevant data relating to all orders and transactions in financial instruments?

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Question 5

Under what circumstances may CySEC authorize the deferred publication of transaction details for non-equity instruments?

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Question 6

What is the deadline for an investment firm to report the details of its transactions in financial instruments to the competent authority?

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Question 7

Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all derivatives transactions traded on a regulated market are cleared by a CCP?

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Question 8

Systematic Internalisers (SIs) must make public quotes for instruments traded on a trading venue for which there is a liquid market. This obligation applies for sizes up to what limit?

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Question 9

If ESMA identifies that the 8 percent volume cap for waivers has been exceeded across the EU, for how long must the use of the waiver be suspended?

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Question 10

Which of these is NOT an example of a waiver for the obligation to make pre-trade information available for non-equity instruments?

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Question 11

What is the minimum quote size a Systematic Internaliser (SI) may decide to quote at, as a percentage of the standard market size?

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Question 12

Transaction reports submitted to CySEC must include a designation to identify a short sale in respect of which types of instruments?

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Question 13

If an investment firm transmits an order to another firm for execution, who is responsible for the transaction reporting?

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Question 14

What is required for an investment firm to be deemed to have fulfilled its transaction reporting requirements when using a third-party ARM?

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Question 15

Which of the following derivative transactions are NOT subject to the obligation to trade on regulated markets, MTFs, or OTFs?

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Question 16

When investment firms and market operators provide portfolio compression services, what obligation are they exempt from?

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Question 17

To which entities does MiFIR apply?

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Question 18

What is the purpose of the volume cap mechanism under MiFIR?

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Question 19

When must a trading venue operator make post-trade information (price, volume, time) public?

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Question 20

Which action must a competent authority like CySEC take before granting a pre-trade transparency waiver for equity instruments?

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Question 21

Which of the following financial instruments are covered by the transparency requirements for non-equity instruments in Chapter 8?

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Question 22

If CySEC temporarily suspends trading in a specific class of financial instrument due to a fall in liquidity, what is the maximum duration of the initial suspension period?

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Question 23

An investment firm that meets the definition of a 'systematic internaliser' must notify which authority?

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Question 24

What must a transaction report for a commodity derivative indicate, in addition to the standard reporting fields?

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Question 25

Which condition must be met for a third-country trading venue to be approved by the EC for derivatives trading?

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Question 26

When can an SI execute an order from a professional client at a price different from the quoted price?

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Question 27

To what does the post-trade transparency obligation for equity instruments apply?

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Question 28

What is a condition under which an investment firm can waive pre-trade transparency for an equity order?

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Question 29

What does a transaction report need to include to identify the client on whose behalf the transaction is executed?

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Question 30

If CySEC intends to grant a waiver, how far in advance must it notify ESMA before the intended start date?

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Question 31

In addition to investment firms, operators of a trading firm must maintain relevant data relating to all orders for a period of at least how many years?

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Question 32

Within how many working days of the end of a calendar month will ESMA publish data related to the volume cap mechanism?

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Question 33

Which of these is NOT a power of ESMA under MiFIR?

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Question 34

A temporary suspension of trading due to illiquidity can be renewed for a further period not exceeding how long?

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Question 35

MiFIR transaction reporting requirements apply to which financial instruments?

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Question 36

What must trading venues and systematic internalisers provide to CySEC before trading commences in a financial instrument?

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Question 37

The post-trade publication of transaction details can be deferred by CySEC for which particular reason?

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Question 38

When are indirect clearing arrangements for derivatives permissible under MiFIR?

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Question 39

When ESMA receives a notification of intent to grant a waiver from CySEC, what kind of opinion will it issue?

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Question 40

What must trading firms making reports on behalf of investment firms have in place, according to Section 3.2?

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Question 41

How often must CySEC and other competent authorities determine the class to which a financial instrument belongs for the purposes of SI quoting obligations?

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Question 42

A trading venue's pre-trade transparency information for equity instruments needs to be calibrated for different types of trading systems, including which of the following?

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Question 43

What happens if a member state disagrees with a waiver granted by CySEC?

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Question 44

What must an operator of a trading venue do to facilitate the monitoring of trading volumes under the volume cap mechanism?

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Question 45

The reference price for a formalised negotiated transaction is typically what?

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Question 46

Under what condition can CySEC withdraw a waiver it has granted?

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Question 47

If a systematic internaliser receives an order from a client that is between two of its quoted sizes, how must it execute the order?

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Question 48

Which of these is NOT a condition for a third-country legal and supervisory framework to be considered equivalent for the derivatives trading obligation?

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Question 49

Transaction reporting information submitted to competent authorities may need to be provided to which other body on request?

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Question 50

What must the information be in transaction reports that is used to identify a client that is a legal person?

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