Search Results for: European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA publishes updated AIFMD and UCITS Q&As
April 7th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published updated questions and answers documents (Q&A) on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS). Both ...
ESMA published update on marketing and sale of CFDs, Forex and Binary Options
March 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts ...
ESMA reports about Central Securities Depositary Regulation
March 24th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final reports on two sets of guidelines regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depositary Regulation (CSDR). The CSDR harmonises the settlement of securities by providing a set of common ...
MFSA Mallta warns for CFDs, Forex, Binary Options and other speculative products
March 6th, 2017
Notice addressed to the general public, namely to retail investors, regarding the sale of speculative products and their associated risks. The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) wishes to once ...
ESMA assesses DLT’s potential and interactions with EU rules
February 8th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a report on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The report sets out ESMA’s view on DLT, its possible applications, benefits, risks and how it maps to existing EU regulation. ESMA’s position ...
ESMA publishes 2017 Suprvision plan for CRAs, Trade Repositories and 3rd Country CCPs
February 6th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Annual Report and Supervision Work Programmes (Report) setting out its main areas of supervisory focus for credit rating agencies (CRAs), trade repositories (TRs), and third country central counterparties ...
ESMA updates Q&A on MiFID II implementation and EMIR
February 3rd, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and an updated Q&As document regarding the implementation of the Market in Financial Instruments Directive ...
EAB and ESMA call to clarify Margin Requirements between CRR and EMIR
January 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today their joint report on the functioning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 ...
European Commission invites European Supervisory Authorities to amend KID documents for investment products
November 14th, 2016
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) – have received a letter from the European Commission setting out the amendments it ...
ESMA reports on Shadow Banking, Leverage and Pro-Cyclicality
October 5th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a report on securities financing transactions (SFTs), leverage and pro-cyclicality in the EU’s financial markets. ESMA’s report assesses whether the use of SFTs leads to the build-up of leverage which is ...
