Approved Publication Arrangement

With MiFID II directive being in force in January 2018, Approved Publication Arrangements (APA) data should increase transparency in the OTC markets by publishing quotes for pre-trade transparency, and trades for post-trade transparency. An APA is an organisation authorised to publish trade reports on behalf of investment firms according to Article (4)(1)(52) MiFID II.[1][2]

In finance, people usually use APA to refer to the data they provide, and not only the organization which provides the data.

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Example
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Background

APAs, Approved Reporting Mechanisms and Consolidated Tape Providers are new categories of Data Reporting Services Providers (DRSPs) that did not exist under MiFID I.

For the APA data, one distinguishes three asset classes: bonds, derivatives of all kind (interest rate/Credit/FX/Commodity/Equity), and Structured Finance. Each APA data record contains information such as

1. Agreement Time and Date in the variable `TRADING_DATE_AND_TIME` in ISO 8601 format, e.g. `2019-08-08T03:14:15.926000+00:00`
2. Publication Time
3. ISIN to uniquely identify the financial instrument (if `INSTRUMENT_ID_TYPE` is set to `ISIN`), for instance `INSTRUMENT_ID=HU0000403118` refers to a government bond of Hungary with maturity date 2027-10-27.
4. Name of the financial instrument
5. Price (and currency)
6. Volume
7. Trade type (`INSTRUMENT_ID_TYPE`)

## Example

A (shortened) example record in JSON format looks like this:

"TRADING_DATE_AND_TIME": "2019-08-08T03:14:15.926000+00:00",
"INSTRUMENT_ID_TYPE": "ISIN",
"INSTRUMENT_ID": "HU0000403118",
"PRICE": 111.2548,
"VENUE_OF_EXECUTION": "SINT",
"PRICE_NOTATION": "PERC",
"PRICE_CURRENCY": "HUF",
"NOTATION_OF_QUANTITY_IN_MEASUREMENT_UNIT": "N/A",
"QUANTITY_IN_MEASUREMENT_UNIT": "N/A",
"QUANTITY": 1,
"NOTIONAL_AMOUNT": 500000000,
"NOTIONAL_CURRENCY": "HUF",
"PUBLICATION_DATE_AND_TIME": "2019-08-08T07:58:31.154134+00:00",
"VENUE_OF_PUBLICATION": "BAPA",
"TRANSACTION_ID": "12345678-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-1234567890ab",

## See also

* Request for quote
* LEI
* ISIN
* MiFID II

## References

1. ↑ "Approved Publication Arrangement (APA)". 27 February 2014. https://www.emissions-euets.com/internal-electricity-market-glossary/509-approved-publication-arrangement-apa. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. ↑ "What do APAs mean for your MiFID II reporting?". 25 May 2017. https://www.refinitiv.com/perspectives/regulation-risk-compliance/what-do-apas-mean-for-your-mifid-ii-reporting/. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

Further reading:

* https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/mifid-2-all-you-need-to-know.html ― a concise summary on the topic, understandable for laymen.

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