Tag: European Securities and Markets Authority

Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
December 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on draft RTS for prospectuses

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the new Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129). These RTSs set out a number of requirements concerning the following topics: The key financial information that should appear in the summary of the prospectus; Data and machine readability of…

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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…

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ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention CFDs measures
November 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on calculation of derivative positions

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published for public consultation future guidelines on the calculation of derivative positions by trade repositories (TRs) authorised in the European Union under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). ESMA supervises the way TRs make data available to public authorities. That data should be of sufficient quality…

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Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates Q&A on MiFIR data reporting

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MiFID II and MiFIR in relation to regulatory…

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November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA issues ICO risk warning

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) informed that it has today 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 growth in ICOs globally and in Europe and is concerned that investors…

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Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II/MiFIR investor protection topics

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) informed that it has added 4 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The new Q&As cover the topics of post-sale reporting, record keeping, and inducements. The…

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Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates list of recognised third-country CCPs

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that has updated its list of recognised central counterparties (CCPs) based in third countries. Today’s update concerns: Indian Clearing Corporation Limited; National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited; and MCX-SX Clearing Corporation. The European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires third-country CCPs to be recognised by ESMA in order to…

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October 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes latest updates to MiFIDII/MiFIR investor protection Q&As

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 12 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The new Q&As cover the topics of client categorisation, post-sale reporting, recording of telephone conversations and electronic…

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