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| 28/05/2014 | 2014/576 | Voting Procedures for CCP colleges under EMIR | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 94.15 KB |
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| 27/03/2014 | 2014/332 | Structured Retail Products- Good practices for product governance arrangements | MiFID - Investor Protection, Innovation and Products | Opinion | PDF 203.1 KB |
Legal basis 1. Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 (ESMA Regulation) sets out the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) scope of action, tasks and powers which include “enhancing customer protection”, and “foster[ing] investor protection”. 2. In order to continue delivering on this investor protection statutory objective, ESMA is issuing this opinion on certain aspects linked to the manufacturing and distribution of structured retail products (SRP). This opinion takes into account relevant work done in this field both at European and interna-tional level. 3. This opinion is without prejudice to the requirements for the provision of investment services and activities established in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and its implementing measures (notably, Directive 2006/73/EC), the regulatory developments arising from the MiFID review or existing product rules that may apply to SRPs. 4. ESMA’s competence to deliver an opinion is based on Article 29(1) (a) of the ESMA Regulation. In accordance with Article 44(1) of the ESMA Regulation, the Board of Supervisors has adopted this opinion. Background 5. In its July 2013 report on ‘Retailisation in the EU’ , ESMA highlighted that, from a consumer protec-tion perspective, retail investors may face difficulties in understanding the drivers of risks and returns of structured products. If retail investors do not properly understand the risk and reward profile of structured products, and if the products are not properly assessed against the risk appetite of retail investors, retail investors might be exposed to unexpected losses and this might lead to complaints, reputational risks for manufacturers and distributors, and a loss of confidence in the regulatory framework and, more broadly, in financial markets. 6. In 2013, ESMA mapped the measures adopted in the EU Member States in relation to complex products in order to identify issues and to better understand the rationale behind national initiatives (by looking at similarities and differences in the various approaches, and reviewing how complexity has been treated in the different EU Members States). 7. As a result, ESMA has developed a broad set of non-exhaustive examples of good practices, attached as Annex 1 hereto, illustrating arrangements that firms - taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of their business - could put in place to improve their ability to deliver on investor protection regarding, in particular, (i) the complexity of the SRPs they manufacture or distribute, (ii) the nature and range of the investment services and activities undertaken in the course of that business, and (iii) the type of investors they target. These good practices should also be a helpful tool for competent authorities in carrying out their supervisory action. Opinion 8. ESMA considers that sound product governance arrangements are fundamental for investor protec-tion purposes, and can reduce the need for product intervention actions by competent authorities. 9. ESMA considers that, when supervising firms manufacturing or distributing an SRP, competent authorities should promote, in their supervisory approaches, the examples of good practices for firms set out in Annex 1 hereto. 10. Although the good practices set out in Annex 1 hereto focus on structured products sold to retail investors, ESMA considers that they may also be a relevant reference for other types of financial in-struments (such as asset-backed securities, or contingent convertible bonds), as well as when financial instruments are being sold to professional clients. 11. The exposure to risk is an intrinsic feature of investment products. The good practices set out in Annex 1 refer to product governance arrangements and do not (and cannot) aim at removing investment risk from products. | |||
| 09/03/2015 | 2015/511 | Revised opinion on draft RTS on the clearing obligation on interest rate swaps | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 336.52 KB |
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| 15/03/2013 | 2013/312 | Regulatory technical standards on colleges for central counterparties supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 151.67 KB |
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| 01/08/2013 | 2013/1072 | Practical arrangements for the late transposition of the AIFMD | Fund Management | Opinion | PDF 93.1 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an Opinion on arrangements for the late imposition of the AIFMD. The scope of the opinion is confined to the provision of collective portfolio management services. Arrangements before implementation of the Directive in all Member States Notification of marketing of EU AIFs when the host MS of the AIFM has not transposed the Directive (Articles 31 and 32 of the Directive) ESMA believes that, if the Directive has been transposed in the home MS of the AIFM, the competent authority of the host MS of the AIFM (Article 32) or home MS of the AIFM (Article 31) may not refuse a valid notification under the Directive on the ground that the Directive has not yet been transposed in the host MS. This applies irrespective of whether the marketing is done using the freedom to provide services or by means of a branch. Management passport (Article 33 of the Directive) ESMA believes that AIFMs established in a MS that has transposed the Directive should be able to manage an EU AIF via the management passport, both using the freedom to provide services or by means of a branch, in a MS where the Directive has not been transposed, irrespective of the provisions currently in place in such jurisdiction since the relevant provisions of the Directive are of a self-executing nature, and provided the AIFM is authorised to manage that type of AIF in accordance with Article 33(1) of the AIFMD. Any local restrictions on AIFMs that are not in accordance with the AIFMD will need to be disapplied. | |||
| 13/04/2016 | 2016/592-594 | Opinions on Pension Schemes Exemptions | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 273.73 KB |
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| 02/02/2016 | 2016/184-199 | Opinions on Exemptions from the clearing obligation for pension schemes | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 388.77 KB |
Today’s document published by ESMA contains opinions on 16 UK-based pension schemes where the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the competent authority for securities markets. After the exemptions are granted by the FCA, ESMA will publish the list of the types of entities/ arrangements that have been exempted. |
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| 13/10/2011 | 2011/342 | Opinion- Practical arrangements for the late transposition of the UCITS IV Directive | Fund Management | Opinion | PDF 41.33 KB |
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| 18/12/2014 | 2014/1378 | Opinion- Investment-based crowdfunding | Innovation and Products | Opinion | PDF 460.92 KB |
Crowdfunding is a means of raising finance for projects from ‘the crowd’ often by means of an internet-based platform through which project owners ‘pitch’ their idea to potential backers, who are typically not professional investors. It takes many forms, not all of which involve the potential for a financial return. ESMA’s focus is on crowdfunding which involves investment, as distinct from donation, non-monetary reward or loan agreement. Crowdfunding is relatively young and business models are evolving. EU financial services rules were not designed with the industry in mind. Within investment-based crowdfunding a range of different operational structures are used so it is not straightforward to map crowdfunding platforms’ activities to those regulated under EU legislation. Member States and NCAs have been working out how to treat crowdfunding, with some dealing with issues case-by-case, some seeking to clarify how crowdfunding fits into existing rules and others introducing specific requirements.To assist NCAs and market participants, and to promote regulatory and supervisory convergence, ESMA has assessed typical investment-based crowdfunding business models and how they could evolve, risks typically involved for project owners, investors and the platforms themselves and the likely components of an appropriate regulatory regime. ESMA then prepared a detailed analysis of how the typical business models map across to the existing EU legislation, set out in this document. | |||
| 15/11/2016 | 2016/1575 | Opinion- Common indicators for new products and services under Article 15 and for significant changes under Article 49 of EMIR | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 246.48 KB |
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| 28/05/2021 | ESMA50-164-4575 | Opinion- Collection of information for the effective monitoring of systemic risk under Article 24(5), first subparagraph, of the AIFMD | Fund Management | Opinion | PDF 135.74 KB |
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| 13/07/2017 | ESMA35-45-344 | Opinion to support supervisory convergence in the area of investment management in the context of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union | Brexit, Fund Management, Supervisory convergence | Opinion | PDF 246.6 KB |
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| 30/01/2017 | ESMA34-43-296 | Opinion on UCITS Share Classes | Fund Management | Opinion | PDF 332.69 KB |
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| 12/01/2017 | ESMA50-1215332076-23 | Opinion on the impact of the exclusion of fund management companies from the scope of the MiFIR intervention powers | Innovation and Products | Opinion | PDF 224.29 KB |
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| 16/01/2017 | ESMA03-445018618-8 | Opinion on the exemption from the clearing obligation of Swedish pension schemes- Notification Ref. 23 | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 203.07 KB |
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| 16/01/2017 | ESMA03-445018618-7 | Opinion on the exemption from the clearing obligation of Swedish pension schemes- Notification Ref. 21 | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 135.73 KB |
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| 07/07/2016 | 2016/1073 | Opinion on the exemption for Swedish pension scheme | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 203.12 KB |
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| 30/06/2016 | 2016/998 | Opinion on the exemption for Danish pension scheme | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 227.83 KB |
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| 03/08/2016 | 2016/1233 | Opinion on the exemption for Danish pension scheme | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 205.32 KB |
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| 10/04/2017 | ESMA70-708036281-18 | Opinion on portfolio margining requirements under Article 27 of EMIR Delegated Regulation | Post Trading | Opinion | PDF 240.08 KB |