ESMA fines the trade repository Regis-TR S.A. €56,000 for data access failures LeapRate

July 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA fines the trade repository Regis-TR S.A. €56,000 for data access failures

EU’s securities markets’ regulator ESMA has just informed the public that it has fined the trade repository Regis-TR S.A. €56,000 for negligently failing to provide to regulators direct and immediate access to details of derivative contracts. The European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires TRs to provide derivative contracts information as well as other data…

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October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA data analysis values EU derivatives market at €660 trillion

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first Annual Statistical Report on the European Union’s (EU) derivatives markets. The Report, based on data submitted under the European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), provides the first comprehensive market-level view of the EU’s derivatives markets which, at 31 December 2017, amounted to €660tn of…

November 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Regulatory Reporting approved by ESMA as a trade repository under EMIR

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides regulatory reporting services across global regulatory regimes, has announced that NEX Abide Trade Repository AB has received approval from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for its Swedish-based trade repository under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The approval will allow NEX Regulatory Reporting…

April 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

KfW chooses Eurex Clearing as CCP for Interest Rate Swaps

KfW expands its business relationship with Eurex Clearing AG, starting central clearing of its Euro denominated interest rate swaps via Eurex Clearing in Frankfurt. Central clearing of derivatives transactions significantly increases the safety and stability of the financial system. Central Counterparties calculate risks in real-time and demand adequate collat-eral. Moreover, they guarantee settlement of transactions.…

ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention CFDs measures

March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA to cooperate with non-EU regulators on CCPS

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that 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 authorised or recognised in Brasil, Japan, India, the Dubai International Financial Center or the…

February 27, 2017 BY admin

Trax and Droit partner for EMIR eligibility and derivatives reporting service

Trax, a provider of regulatory reporting, trade matching and capital market data services, has reached agreement with Droit Financial Technologies (Droit), the provider of real-time global regulatory decision systems for capital markets, to offer an eligibility determination and regulatory reporting service to help firms meet the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) for derivatives. The Trax…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates its EMIR Q&A

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The updated Q&A includes a new answer in relation to transition to the revised technical standards on reporting, which will become applicable on 1 November 2017. The Q&A clarifies that…

December 15, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on extending aggregated trade repository data

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened today a public consultation on the extension of data available to the public in trade repositories as stipulated in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Public data has experienced several problems related to the comparison and aggregation of data across trade repositories. Therefore, ESMA is setting out…

ICE Clear Europe recognized as a third-country CCP by ESMA

December 14, 2016 BY admin

ESMA recognises ICE Clear US as central counterparty under EMIR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today added ICE Clear US to its list of recognized third country central counterparties (CCPs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). EMIR requires EU-based CCPs to be authorized and non-EU CCPs to be recognized in the European Union (EU). Once a CCP has been authorized or recognized within…

September 30, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on future reporting rules for securities financing transactions

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a consultation paper on draft technical standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of shadow banking activities. Securities financing transactions (SFTs) are transactions where securities are used to borrow cash (or other higher investment-grade securities), or vice versa –…

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