The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published last week a final report suggesting amendments to the trading obligation under MiFIR following the introduction of EMIR Refit. The recent changes introduced to EMIR via Refit modify the scope of counterparties subject to the clearing obligation...
Introductory remarks by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the third meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt am Main, 28 June 2019. It is a pleasure to welcome you back to Frankfurt. As you may...
ESMA has issued a statement on the misalignment between the scope of counterparties subject to the clearing obligation (CO) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and those subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO) under MiFIR. Since the entry into force of the Regulation...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Following the entry into force of the EMIR review (so-called EMIR Refit), ESMA is reviewing the existing Q&As to align them,...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR). The updated Q&As provide answers to questions regarding practical issues on the implementation of the new CSDR regime. The latest CSDR Q&As...
On 11 July, FCB published a survey of industry practices regarding cyber incident response and recovery. The survey is a key element of the FSB’s outreach strategy with external stakeholders to gather views on effective practices relating to financial institutions’ response to, and recovery from,...
L’édition 2019 de l’Assemblée Générale annuelle de l’Association belge des Membres de la Bourse (ABMB) s’est déroulée le 28 mai à l’hôtel Le Châtelain à Bruxelles. Cette année, l’événement a été placé sous le signe de la cybersécurité. L’Assemblée Générale est généralement l’occasion de réunir les...
On Tuesday 18 June 2019, the Commission published new guidelines on non-financial information climate-related reporting as part of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan. The new guidelines will provide companies with practical recommendations on how to better report the impact their activities have on the climate...
In her introductory remarks at the third meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board of pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB talked about her taking over the chairmanship from Benoît Cœuré and the changes in the cybercrime space since the...
Context: The content of this supervisory briefing is not subject to any ‘comply or explain’ mechanism for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) and is non-binding. The main purpose is to contribute to a common supervisory culture by promoting common supervisory approaches and practices. The comments and questions in...
