MiFIR (Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation)

Roles that need it

• Trade & Transaction Reporting Analyst
• Compliance Officer
• Regulatory Change Analyst
• Trading Analyst
• Middle Office Analyst

Skills it belongs to

• Trade and transaction reporting
• Conduct and investor protection rules (MiFID II, FINRA, SEBI)

Related concepts

• MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II)MiFID II, Directive 2014/65/EU, is the EU framework for investment services and trading venues. It sets authorisation, organisation and conduct rules for investment firms and banks providing investment services, including suitability, best execution, inducements, product governance and conflicts of interest. It applies since January 2018 with MiFIR.
• Best executionBest execution is the MiFID II duty, in Article 27, to take all sufficient steps to obtain the best possible result for clients when executing orders, considering price, costs, speed, likelihood of execution and settlement, size and nature. For retail clients the total consideration, price plus costs, decides.
• MAR (Market Abuse Regulation)The Market Abuse Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, prohibits insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation in EU financial instruments, and sets duties such as public disclosure of inside information, insider lists, manager transaction reports and suspicious order reporting.

Sources

• Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (MiFIR), EUR-Lex (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026

Updated 31 Oct 2026.