Search Results for: European Securities and Markets Authority
Buy-siders left exposed by MiFID II bond changes
May 30th, 2016
Fixed income traders are warning pre-trade transparency rules under MiFID II will undermine already diminishing liquidity, as no realistic solution to the problem currently exists. An investigation by The Trade found traders are regularly being forced to ‘show their hand’when ...
ESMA announces EU-wide stress tests for CCPs
April 18th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced today the publication of its first EU-wide stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) on 29 April 2016. ESMA is mandated to conduct stress tests of CCPs under the European ...
ESMA Publishes Discussion Paper On Ucits Share Classes
April 7th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a discussion paper on UCITS share classes (the DP). The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive recognises the possibility for UCITS to offer different share classes to investors ...
Esma Fines DTCC Derivatives Repository Limited €64,000 For Data Access Failures
March 31st, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has fined the trade repository DTCC Derivatives Repository Limited (DDRL) €64,000, and issued a public notice, for negligently failing to put in place systems capable of providing regulators with direct and immediate access to ...
Esma Publishes Report On EU Accounting Enforcement In 2015
March 29th, 2016
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 2015. ESMA continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting to improve ...
ESMA to cooperate with South Korean Regulators on Central Counterparties (CCPs)
March 24th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) respectively. The MoU establishes ...
MiFID II deadline extended to January 2018
March 11th, 2016
The extension is to take account of the exceptional technical implementation challenges faced by regulators and market participants. The European Commission has proposed granting national competent authorities and market participants one additional year to comply with the rules ...
ESMA publishes first supervisory convergence work programme
February 12th, 2016
ESMA publishes first supervisory convergence work programme The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first Supervisory Convergence Work Programme 2016 (SCWP), which details the activities and tasks it will carry out to promote sound, efficient and ...
Commission extends by one year the application date for the MiFID II package
February 10th, 2016
The Commission has proposed a one year extension to the entry into application of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID II. This is to take account of the exceptional technical implementation challenges faced by regulators and ...
ESMA consults on marging period of risk for CCPs’ Client Account
December 15th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Consultation Paper on the Review of Article 26 of RTS No 153/2013 regarding the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). In relation to the relevant Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) ESMA ...
