ESMA issued a public statement to warn investors of risks that arise when investment firms offer both regulated and unregulated products and/or services.

ESMA published an Opinion to the European Commission with suggested clarifications of the legislative provisions under the UCITS Directive and the AIFMD relating to the notion of “undue costs”.

ESMA published its report on the Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with National Competent Authorities (NCAs) on the supervision of the asset valuation rules under the UCITS and AIFM Directives. The final report presents the analysis and conclusions from the 2022 CSA exercise.

The Opinion highlights the importance for trading venues of having an appropriate outage plan to communicate to their members, participants, and the public. ESMA also sets out steps trading venues should take to reopen trading in an orderly manner.

ESMA will focus on strengthening supervision, enhancing the protection of retail investors, fostering effective markets and financial stability, enabling sustainable finance, as well as facilitating technological innovation and effective use of data.