market making activities

Definitions over time (1)

25/03/2012 – 17/09/2014 Article 2, Short Selling Regulation Scope: Whole act

1. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘market making activities’ means the activities of an investment firm, a credit institution, a third-country entity, or a firm as referred to in point (l) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2004/39/EC, which is a member of a trading venue or of a market in a third country, the legal and supervisory framework of which has been declared equivalent by the Commission pursuant to Article 17(2) where it deals as principal in a financial instrument, whether traded on or outside a trading venue, in any of the following capacities:(i)by posting firm, simultaneous two-way quotes of comparable size and at competitive prices, with the result of providing liquidity on a regular and ongoing basis to the market;(ii)as part of its usual business, by fulfilling orders initiated by clients or in response to clients’ requests to trade;(iii)by hedging positions arising from the fulfilment of tasks under points (i) and (ii);

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