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12 Oct 2007

Men behaving badlyAs London Metal Exchange celebrated its 130th year during its renowned annual week of festivities its dinner at the capital’s prestigious Grovesnor Hotel as ever provided a great breeding ground for idle gossip and appropriately ragged behaviour. I myself am not one to usually partake in the kind of revelry that is often reserved and observed for this particular occasion but...

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"While we support its overall direction, a number of the requirements in the review are needlessly oppressive, particularly the proposed limits on execution-only business and bilateral execution. Additionally, the swathe of costly disclosure obligations is more likely to confuse than inform customers.”

The FOA's Anthony Belchambers responds to the EC's Mifid review.