The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today launched a consultation on draft technical standards specifying the criteria for how investment firms establish and assess the effectiveness of …
The data sets were collected from investment firms across 30 jurisdictions in the EU/EEA. The main findings include: A total of around 386 firms provided services to retail clients on a cross-border basis in 2023; Approximately 8 million clients in the EU …
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a consultation paper on Guidelines under Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA), establishing templates for explanations and legal opinions regarding the …
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today a joint report following their workshop on the use of behavioural insights by supervisory authorities in their day-to-day oversight and policy work. The report provides …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published the update of its Reporting Manual on the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) supporting a harmonised approach for the …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today issued a public statement on deprioritising supervisory actions linked to the eligibility of uncollateralized public guarantees, public bank …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is publishing today a new package of public consultations with the objective of increasing transparency and system resilience in financial markets, …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the results of its fifth stress test exercise for Central Counterparties (CCPs). The results confirm the overall resilience of European …
The draft rules are set out in three separate consultation papers, covering: The review and evaluation process of EU CSDs, suggesting a harmonisation of the information to be shared by CSDs on their cross-border activities and the risks to be considered by …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is seeking input on draft guidelines and technical standards under the revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today launched two consultations on proposed guidance for some of its supervised entities. The consultations are aimed at the following entities …
The purpose of the GLESI is to provide guidance to build convergence on supervisory practices on sustainability reporting. See explainer video here. Through the Public Statement on the first-time application of the ESRS, ESMA intends to support large …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the second Final Report under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) covering eight draft technical standards that aim to …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has reappointed three current members to its Management Board. The appointments took place at the Board of Supervisors meeting on 3 July 2024. The …
The registration for the 11th Joint Consumer Protection Day organised by the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) on 3 October 2024 in Budapest, Hungary is now open. Interested stakeholders can register until 2 September 2024 …
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published joint guidelines on the suitability of members of the management body, and on the assessment of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings …
Name Nationality Position Academics Barbara Alemanni Italy Full professor of financial markets and institutions, University of Genoa; Affiliate professor – financial markets and institution and Research fellow CAREFIN, Bocconi University Gabriela Ariadna …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has fined Scope Ratings GmbH (Scope) a total of EUR 2,197,500, and issued a
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a joint Opinion on the assessment of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The ESAs call for a coherent sustainable finance framework that caters for …
During the Board of Appeal Annual Meeting on 13 June 2024, the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) renewed the President and elected the Vice-President of the Board of Appeal, for a term of 2.5 years. Michele Siri, Professor …
