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    EU Regulation of crowdfunding—the ECSP Regulation and the MiFID II Crowdfunding Directive—this Practice Note discusses the EU regulation of crowdfunding platforms from a financial services perspective contained in Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 (the ECSP Regulation). It discusses the background to the actions taken by EU’s institutions in this area and the reaction of the UK government. This Practice Note also touches on the different types of crowdfunding that fall inside and out of the scope of regulation

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    EU MiFID II and MiFIR—essentials—the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (EU) 600/2014 (MiFIR) entered into force on 2 July 2014, and the majority of the provisions of MiFID II and MiFIR (together, the MiFID II framework) became applicable on 3 January 2018. This Practice Note outlines the main provisions contained in the EU’s MiFID II framework, including changes that have been made to the regime following the MiFID II/MiFIR Review

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    EU MiFID II and MiFIR—one minute guide—this Practice

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