The Post-Trading Standing Committee undertakes ESMA’s work relating to clearing and settlement of transactions in financial instruments, including the roles of financial market infrastructures and any other entities providing post-trading services.

In particular, the Standing Committee is responsible for elaborating advice to the European Commission, and technical standards and guidelines and recommendations relating to the Regulation on OTC Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories. The PTSC is also responsible for developing
ESMA’s policy on the regulation of central securities depositories (CSDs) and on the regulatory and supervisory implications of the TARGET2-Securities project. 


Finally, the Standing Committee fosters supervisory convergence among the national authorities in its area of competence. 



Any correspondence regarding the work of this Standing Committee should be sent to post-trading[at]esma.europa.eu.