In a letter dated 8 July 2021 addressed to the Council and the European Parliament, the European Commission stated that it will defer the application date of the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) under the SFDR by six months: The Commission will bundle all 13...
Each link gives you access to the agenda/list of the related deep-diving sessions. These summaries contain feedback on exchanges of views in panel sessions between policy makers, regulators, industry and participants: well written ‘stock taking’ reports (priorities, issues and challenges ahead). Post-Covid recovery and stability Digitalisation and payments ESG...
The Appropriate Construction of and Conditions for the usage of a Consolidated Tape (1) With reference to our joint statement from 3 November 2020 (2), EFAMA and EFSA agree that an appropriately constructed Consolidated Tape (CT) could help to build deeper and more open capital markets...
ESMA has published a letter to the EU Commission regarding its proposals for the Commission's review of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). The letter from ESMA's interim chair to the EU's Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union is intended to...
ESMA, the EU’s securities markets regulator, recommends to the European Commission (EC) to permanently lower the threshold to notify net short positions on shares to national competent authorities (NCAs) from 0.2% to 0.1%. ESMA has examined the evidence gathered after its successive emergency decisions, beginning in March 2020,...
Investment firms play an important role in capital markets because they offer investors access to securities and derivatives markets through a number of different services, including investment advice, portfolio management, brokerage, order execution, proprietary trading and underwriting. These firms are regulated and supervised for a number...
A SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company, is a new company established for the specific purpose of raising capital, applying for a stock exchange listing and within a short period thereafter, financing a merger or acquisition. The FSMA is proposing to introduce minimum standards for SPACs....
On 6 May 2021, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation extending the transitional period referred to in Article 89(1), first subparagraph, of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). EMIR provides for a temporary exemption from the clearing obligation for pension scheme arrangements (PSAs) meeting certain...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has published the Final Report on the review of transaction and reference data reporting obligations under MiFIR. The final report contains recommendations and possible legislative amendments to MiFID II/MiFIR with a view to simplifying the current reporting regimes whilst...
ISSA published the ISSA ISO 20022 Report. ISSA started a Working Group (WG) in the summer of 2020 to look at the Securities Services market's adoption of ISO 20022. The aim was to understand what was happening now, and the opportunities and challenges of adopting...
