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Regulatory Services

BME Specialized Regulatory Services

Discover All Regulatory Services from BME

BME offers a complete suite of solutions to support compliance, transparency and quality requirements acrross the full trading lifecycle for domestic and global regulatory frameworks. 

Our commitment is to continuously adapt to the latest legal requirements, as well as to use the most advanced technology with features that add value and facilitate compliance with our clients' regulatory obligations.

MiFID II / MiFIR Regulatory Reporting Services: APA and ARM

BME helps investment services firms and banks in the EU to comply with their transaction reporting obligations under MiFID II/MiFIR:

  • Transaction reporting
  • Pre and Post-Trade transparency (i.e. quote & trade reporting)

Clients benefit from cutting-edge, easy-to-implement, and cost-effective solutions through the Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) and the Approved Publication Arrangement (APA). 

Regtech Services to Facilitate Your Compliance Obligations

Technology solutions and managed services (BPO)

BME supports and facilitates our clients’ regulatory compliance obligations through an integrated portfolio of technology solutions and managed services (BPO). This represents the result of the exploration and adoption of best practices, trends, technologies, and service models continuously demanded by the market. Our offer includes:

REGIS-TR

Transaction Reporting Services to Comply with Key European Regulatory Obligations

REGIS-TR is the leading trade repository in Europe offering services to cover the main European reporting obligations for both financial and non-financial institutions, with a high level of data protection and a competitive and transparent pricing structure. Established in Luxembourg in 2010, REGIS-TR is the largest European repository for EMIR, covering also the SFTR, the FinMIA, and the EMIR in the UK.  
  
We offer a robust, high-capacity technical infrastructure with a flexible account structure that can accommodate a wide variety of reporting models, from direct reporting to the repository to delegation through a vendor or third party.

Transaction Reporting EMIR, EMIR REFIT, and SFTR 

Technology solutions and managed services (BPO)

BME supports and facilitates our clients’ regulatory compliance obligations through an integrated portfolio of technology solutions and managed services (BPO). Our range includes the EMIR service, which provides reporting of EMIR (derivatives) trades cleared by the clearing house BME Clearing to REGIS-TR and the SFTR service (BME Clearing reports expanded and adapted to provide the required information to clearing members for SFTR) .

Services for Issuing Entities

Addressed to the Investor Relations, Financial Management, and Board Secretariat departments of the issuing entities

Sole Beneficiary Communication Service

Iberclear offers shareholder and beneficial owner identification services and the service of timely identification of beneficial owners.

Shareholders’ Registry Book (SRB)

The Shareholders’ Registry Book (SRB) offers the possibility of knowing in detail the information that identifies the company’s shareholders. With a simple technical connection, company managers can use their own terminals to consult individual shareholder information, including the current position and historical changes, as well as aggregated information by nationality, percentage of capital, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

BME helps investment services firms and banks in the EU to comply with their transaction reporting obligations under MiFID II/MiFIR: transaction reporting as well as pre- and post-trade transparency (i.e. quote & trade reporting).

BME makes it easier for its clients to comply with regulatory obligations and requirements. We act as a one-stop shop for continuous adaptation to the latest legal requirements, and also to use the most advanced technology with functionalities that add value for our clients.

Yes, BME provides advice to our potential clients on the services and the best way to implement them, tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of each client. In addition, we facilitate compliance with your regulatory obligations and act as a one-stop shop for the comprehensive provision of compliance services.

The services offered by BME are aimed at facilitating compliance by investment services firms, credit institutions, and systematic internalizers with the obligations established by the regulatory framework of MiFID 2 and MiFIR:

  • Reporting of transactions to the competent authority (i.e. transaction reporting; services: ARM and STR)

  • Post-trade transparency of OTC transactions (i.e. trade reporting; service: APA)

  • Publication of firm quotes from systematic internalizers (i.e. quote reporting; service: SI)   

BME makes its services available to both members of the BME markets and non-member entities that require regulatory reporting solutions that are compliant with MiFID 2 or MiFIR.

At BME we have a team of experts who are experienced in IT and the regulation of European financial markets and are on hand to guide and assist its clients in complying with their regulatory obligations over time. 

We constantly monitors the evolution of standards and the applicable regulatory framework in order to adapt its services in line with regulatory changes and to facilitate compliance with its clients’ obligations at all times.