Search Results for: European Securities and Markets Authority
DCCC launches “Active Risk” Risk Management System
May 9th, 2017
The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), the leading Central Counter Party (CCP) in the region and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), has announced the launch of a state-of-the-art Risk Management System (RMS) ...
ESMA reports on EU Accounting enforcement in 2016
April 10th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2016. ESMA, in 2016, continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of ...
ESMA updates MiFID II/MIFIR investor protection Q&As
April 5th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 10 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The ...
ESMA to cooperate with non-EU Regulators on CCPs
March 21st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoUs establish cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and ...
ESMA writes to EU Commission about MiFID II SIS Operating Broker Crossing Network
February 15th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has written to the European Commission to raise its concern over the potential establishment of networks of systematic internalisers (SIs) by investment firms to circumvent certain MIFID II obligations; in particular, the ...
CySec has issued a Circular for market particpants
February 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform regarding MAR Guidelines on Information relating to commodity derivatives markets or related spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information on commodity derivatives ...
ESMA Consults On Future Guidelines For Portability Between Trade Repositories
January 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has put for public consultation future guidelines on the transfer of data between trade repositories (TRs) authorised in the European Union under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). There are currently six ...
ESMA advocates common pronciples for setting up share classes in UCITS funds
January 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued an Opinion on the extent to which different types of units or shares (share classes) of the same UCITS fund can differ from one another, having found diverging approaches ...
ESMA calls for consistent application of MIFIR product intervention powers
January 13th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an Opinion regarding the scope of the product intervention powers under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). These powers can be exercised by both national competent authorities (NCAs) ...
ESMA identifies areas for improvemnet in EU CCP supervision
December 23rd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has presented today the results of a peer review, it conducted into how national competent authorities (NCAs) ensure that central counterparties (CCPs) comply with margin and collateral requirements under the European Markets ...
