Where now for the rules that rocked European finance?
Financial Times | Tue, May 7, 2019
by Philip Stafford and Katie Martin
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Helping small and medium companies access capital markets was at the heart of Mifid II but more than 16 months on, bankers and regulators are worrying that Europe’s flagship securities-industry overhaul has become more of a problem than a solution.
On the face of it, the new legislation sought to make the European Union’s stock and bond markets work for the benefit of the so-called real economy — midsized manufacturing or family businesses far removed from big financial hubs like London.
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