All posts tagged "ESMA"
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343EuropeESMA Set to Defer CSDR’s Settlement Discipline Regime
The European Commission asked ESMA to consider a one-year deferral in light of operational pressures on firms and other market developments amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
July 30, 2020 -
469EnforcementESMA Opens Probe Into Germany’s Wirecard Response
ESMA's fast track assessment will focus on whether BaFin and accounting watchdog FREP properly applied European guidelines on enforcing the reporting of financial information.
July 19, 2020 -
375Europe
SFTR Reporting Regime Goes Live for Sell-Side Firms
Banks, investment firms, CSDs and CCPs started reporting securities financing transactions to approved trade repositories on Monday.
July 14, 2020 -
550EuropeIndustry Bodies Call on EU to Reform Benchmarks Regulation
The majority of third-country benchmarks pose no systemic risk but could nevertheless be barred from use in the EU due to a costly and burdensome third-country benchmark regime.
June 30, 2020 -
3.4KAML / KYCUPDATED – Wirecard Fraud: A Timeline of Events
Wirecard has filed for insolvency amid multiple probes. BaFin faces scrutiny for mishandling clear red flags. EY faces lawsuits for failing to catch the improprieties earlier.
June 30, 2020 -
1.2KContributed Article
What CSDR’s Settlement Discipline Regime Means for Asia’s Buy-side
CSDR's Settlement Discipline Regime could expose Asian firms to settlement failure penalties on their trades with EU counterparties, writes DTCC's Matt Johnson.
June 22, 2020 -
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EC Proposes Simplified Approach to Supervising Non-EU CCPs
Under the new approach, third-country CCPs that are not deemed systemically important will only be subject to basic ESMA supervision, relying on 'comparable compliance'.
June 15, 2020 -
313EuropeHigh-Level Forum Charts Course to Achieve EU Capital Markets Union
In a new report, the EU's High-Level Forum on capital markets union offers specific recommendations on developing deeper, more dynamic and more harmonised markets across EU member states.
June 11, 2020 -
444Australia & NZ
ESMA Clarifies Transparency Rules, Position Limits for Non-EU Venues
ESMA has clarified its application of post-trade transparency requirements and the position limits regime to third-country trading venues.
June 4, 2020 -
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European Regulators Lift Covid-19 Short Selling Bans
In consultation with ESMA, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Spain and Italy have decided to lift short-selling bans that have been in place since mid-March.
May 19, 2020
