European Union: Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

The European Union has fundamentally restructured its anti-money laundering framework through a comprehensive legislative package that replaces fragmented national implementations with directly applicable regulations. This transformation introduces a new EU-wide supervisory authority, expands the scope of regulated entities, and establishes harmonized customer due diligence requirements across all member states.

This new Guide to Risk from the Spectrum IFA Group is an insight into many different types of risk associated with money and investments.

On 24 December 2024, the package of proposals amending EMIR seeking to make derivatives clearing in the EU more attractive (EMIR 3.0) entered into force.