MAR 5.3 Trading process requirements

A firm must have:

1. (1)

   transparent rules and procedures for fair and orderly trading;

   [Note: articles 18(1) and 19(1)

   of MiFID]

2. (2)

   objective criteria for the efficient execution of orders which are established and implemented in non-discretionary rules;

   [Note: articles 18(1) and 19(1) of MiFID]

3. (2A)

   arrangements for the sound management of the technical operations of the facility, including the establishment of effective contingency arrangements to cope with the risks of systems disruption;

   [Note: article 18(1) of MiFID]

4. (3)

   transparent rules regarding the criteria for determining the financial instruments that can be traded under its systems;

   [Note: subparagraph 1 of article 18(2) of MiFID]

5. (4)

   published, transparent and non-discriminatory rules, based on objective criteria, governing access to its facility and which must provide that its members or participants are investment firms, CRDcredit institutions or other persons who:

   1. (a)

      are of sufficient good repute;

   2. (b)

      have a sufficient level of trading ability, competence and experience;

   3. (c)

      where applicable, have adequate organisational arrangements; and

   4. (d)

      have sufficient resources for the role they are to perform, taking into account the different financial arrangements that the firm operating the MTF may have established in order to guarantee the adequate settlement of transactions;

   [Note: articles 18(3), 19(2) and 53(3) of MiFID]

6. (5)

   arrangements to provide, or be satisfied that there is access to, sufficient publicly available information to enable its users to form an investment judgement, taking into account both the nature of the users and the types of instrument traded; and

   [Note: subparagraph 2 of article 18(2) of MiFID]

7. (6)

   (as between the interests of the MTF, its owners, or the firm and those of the members and participants or users in the sound functioning of the trading venue) arrangements to identify clearly and to manage any conflict with adverse consequences for:

   1. (a)

      the operation of the trading venue for the members and participants or users; or

   2. (b)

      the members and participants or users otherwise.

   [Note: article 18(4) of MiFID]

A firm must:

1. (1)

    ensure the MTF has at least three materially active members or users who each have the opportunity to interact with all the others in respect of price formation;

    [Note: article 18(7) of MiFID]

2. (2)

    have arrangements to ensure it is adequately equipped to manage the risks to which it is exposed, to implement appropriate arrangements and systems to identify all significant risks to its operation and put in place effective measures to mitigate those risks;

    [Note: article 19(3)(a) of MiFID]

3. (3)

    have available at the time of authorisation and on an ongoing basis, sufficient financial resources to facilitate its orderly functioning, having regard to the nature and extent of the transactions concluded on the venue and the range and degree of the risks to which it is exposed;

    [Note: article 19(3)(c) of MiFID]

4. (4)

    not execute orders against proprietary capital;

5. (5)

    [deleted]

6. (6)

    provide the following to the FCA:

   1. (a)

       a detailed description of the functioning of the MTF, including any links to or participation by a regulated market, an MTF, OTF or equity systematic internaliser owned by the same firm; and

   2. (b)

       a list of its members, participants and users.

   [Note: MiFID ITS 19 with regard to the content and format of the description of the functioning of MTFs]

A firm must:

1. (1)

    ensure the MTF has at least three materially active members or users who each have the opportunity to interact with all the others in respect of price formation;

    [Note: article 18(7) of MiFID]

2. (2)

    have arrangements to ensure it is adequately equipped to manage the risks to which it is exposed, to implement appropriate arrangements and systems to identify all significant risks to its operation and put in place effective measures to mitigate those risks;

    [Note: article 19(3)(a) of MiFID]

3. (3)

    have available at the time of authorisation and on an ongoing basis, sufficient financial resources to facilitate its orderly functioning, having regard to the nature and extent of the transactions concluded on the venue and the range and degree of the risks to which it is exposed;

    [Note: article 19(3)(c) of MiFID]

4. (4)

    not execute orders against proprietary capital, or engage in matched principal trading;

    [Note: article 19(5) of MiFID]

5. (5)

    [deleted]

6. (6)

    provide the following to the FCA:

   1. (a)

       a detailed description of the functioning of the MTF, including any links to or participation by a regulated market, an MTF, OTF or equity systematic internaliser owned by the same firm; and

   2. (b)

       a list of its members, participants and users.

   [Note: MiFID ITS 19 with regard to the content and format of the description of the functioning of MTFs]

Where a transferable security, which has been admitted to trading on a regulated market, is also traded on an MTF without the consent of the issuer, the firm operating the MTF must not make the issuer subject to any obligation relating to initial, ongoing or ad hoc financial disclosure with regard to that MTF.

[Note: article 18(8) of MiFID]