The European Parliament just adopted an own-initiative report on Fintech entitled “Fintech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector”, 17th May 2017 . The Parliament work on Fintech will feed the current discussions in the European Commission, including the on-going consultation on...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) discusses market-based finance in Europe in an article published in the Banque de France's latest Financial Stability Review No. 21. ESMA expects market-based finance to grow in the future driven by a strong potential for demand facilitated by a...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued detailed guidance regarding the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). ESMA published 22 new Question and Answers (Q&As) which provide further detail on how to implement certain regulatory provisions on...
Context ESMA gives advises on the European Commission’s Proposal for the EU Regulation on CCP Recovery and Resolution, which has been submitted to the European Parliament and Council for approval and adoption The EC Proposal envisages that the supervisory colleges, which are currently responsible for...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published on 5 April 2017 the results of a recent study carried out on the investment chain and, in particular, the functioning of shareholder identification and transmission of information between issuers and shareholders. The report presents a general...
