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EU recognises Swiss supervision of central counterparties as equivalent
November 16th, 2015
Swiss supervision of central counterparties has been recognised by the European Commission as equivalent to the relevant provisions applicable within the European Union. The decision announced today provides a basis for Swiss central counterparties to access cross-border markets in ...
Banks May Get Extra Time to Soften Up EU Financial-Market Rules
November 11th, 2015
European Commission considers postponing MiFID II start date Delay isn’t set in stone, European Parliament’s Ferber says Financial companies pushing back against Europe’s post-crisis market rule book for the past five years may get more time to chip away ...
ESMA updates list of authorised CCPs
November 5th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an update of its list of central clearinghouses (CCPs) which are authorised under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The last update concerns CME Clearing Europe which has been authorised ...
ICE Clear Singapore Receives Recognition Under Emir; On Track For November 17 Launch
October 6th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Clear Singapore has been recognised as a third-country central counterparty (CCP) in accordance with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). “The EMIR recognition ...
ESMA updates list of authorised CCPs
September 22nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an update of its list of central clearinghouses (CCPs) which are authorised under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The last update concerns CME Clearing Europe which has been authorised ...
ESMA raises its market risk indicator to highest level
September 15th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities Report No. 2 for 2015 on European Union (EU) securities markets, covering market developments from January to June 2015. It has also published its Risk Dashboard No. ...
ICE Trade Vault approved by ACER as Registered Reporting Mechanism
August 17th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced that the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has approved ICE Trade Vault Europe Limited (ICE Trade Vault Europe) as a Registered Reporting Mechanism ...
ESMA recommends changes to EMIR framework
August 14th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published four reports focused on how the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) framework has been functioning and providing input and recommendations to the European Commission’s (EC) EMIR Review. Three of the ...
ESMA agrees to further renewal of short selling ban by Greek HCMC
July 21st, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued its official opinion agreeing to a further renewal, for a period of seven days, of the emergency short selling prohibition originally imposed by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) under ...
ESMA report proposes to include ETDs in EMIR’s interoperability arrangements for CCPs
July 3rd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its final report on interoperability arrangements between EU-based clearing houses (CCPs) required under the European Markets Iinfrastructre Regulation (EMIR) and related Guidelines and Recommendations. In its report, ESMA recommands to extend ...
