Search Results for: European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA updates its MiFID II Q&As on Market Structures and Transparency topics
March 30th, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Questions and Answers regarding transparency topics and market structures issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). The Q&As provide clarification on the following ...
European Authority agrees to prohibit CFDs and binary options to retail investors
March 28th, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed on measures on the provision of contracts for differences (CFDs) and binary options to retail investors in the European Union (EU). The agreed measures include: 1. Binary Options – a ...
European Authority Highlights The Risks of Initial Coin Offerings
November 15th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), one on risks of ICOs for investors and one on the rules applicable to firms involved in ICOs. ESMA has observed a rapid ...
ESMA updates on transaction reporting, order record keeping and clock synchronisation
August 9th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an update of its Guidelines on transaction reporting, order record keeping and clock synchronisation under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The updates corrects some unintended factual mistakes, ...
Why free trade and open markets in financial services matter; Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive
July 11th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has released a speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at Reuters Newsmaker event. According the release: Note: this ...
European Supervisory Authorities publish Q&A on the Key Information Document (KID)
July 5th, 2017
The Joint Committee, European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), a forum with the objective of strengthening cooperation between the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued ...
ESMA issues statement on CFDs, Binary Options and other speculative products
June 30th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a statement updating on its work in relation to the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products to retail investors. Statement Text: ESMA has been ...
ESMA appoints new chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee
June 8th, 2017
The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Martin Moloney, Head of Markets Policy Division of the Central Bank of Ireland to serve as the chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee. The ...
Year 2018 will come with significant changes in the rules for systematic internalisers, MiFID II and MiFIR
May 3rd, 2017
On 3 January 2018, significant changes in the rules for systematic internalisers will enter into force together with the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). While the directly applicable ...
ESMA to cooperate with New Zealand’s regulators on CCPs
April 19th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, ...
