market making activities

79(as defined in article 2(1)(k) of the short selling regulation) 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 MIFID, 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 European Commission pursuant to article 17(2) of the short selling regulation where it deals as principal in a financial instrument, whether traded on or outside a trading venue, in any of the following capacities:

1. (a) 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; or
1. (b) as part of its usual business, by fulfilling orders initiated by clients or in response to clients' requests to trade; or
1. (c) by hedging positions arising from the fulfilment of tasks under points (a) and (b).