All posts tagged "ESMA"
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351EuropeESMA Consults on New Standards for Third-Country Investment Firms
The new Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) and Directive (IRD) will require third-country firms providing investment services and activities in the EU to report granular information to ESMA.
February 3, 2020 -
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ESMA Grants LEI Reporting Relief to Non-EU Issuers Under SFTR
ESMA has granted non-EU issuers of securities and collateral a 12-month grace period before they are required to report LEIs under SFTR.
January 10, 2020 -
191EuropeESMA Analyses Market Impact of Circuit Breakers
ESMA's study found that price volatility is significantly lower after the use of a circuit breaker, as intended, but that bid-ask spreads significantly increase after a trading halt.
January 8, 2020 -
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ESMA Extends UK CCP Recognition to Guard Against No-Deal Brexit
The temporary recognition decisions for LCH, ICE Clear Europe and LME Clear have been extended to 30 March 2021, in case of a no-deal Brexit scenario.
December 27, 2019 -
295AML / KYCEU Authorities Issue Framework for Supervisory Cooperation on AML/CFT
The guidelines set out a framework for bringing together AML/CFT supervisors, prudential supervisors and third-country regulators to coordinate on multi-juridictional AML/CFT matters.
December 19, 2019 -
510Asia-PacificAsian Benchmark Administrators Face ‘Perfect Storm’ in 2021
The BMR transition period is now scheduled to end alongside LIBOR's discontinuation, creating a "perfect storm" of regulatory change for benchmark administrators and users at end-2021.
December 17, 2019 -
310EuropeESMA Recognises India’s MCX Clearing Corp as Third Country CCP
The recognition allows European participants to apply lower risk weights on their exposures to MCX CCL, which will translate to lower capital requirements.
December 10, 2019 -
312Europe
MiFID II Has Not Delivered Lower Market Data Costs: ESMA
ESMA is calling for a real-time consolidated tape for equity instruments to improve transparency and remedy the fragmentation in European capital markets.
December 9, 2019 -
7381Contributed ArticleRegulatory Data: Arrows for the Quiver?
Banks need to be cognisant of how the data they provide to regulators is being used, says Herbert Smith Freehills in its 2019 Global Bank Review.
October 25, 2019 -
331Australia & NZASIC, ESMA Sign MOU to Cooperate on Benchmarks
The MoU sets out cooperation arrangements to complement the EU’s July equivalence decision, as well as to ensure effective information exchange and supervisory coordination.
October 22, 2019
