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06/04/2021 ESMA70-872942901-38 esma70-872942901-38_qas_on_mifid_ii_and_mifir_market_structures_topics MiFID - Secondary Markets Q&A PDF
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27/03/2019 ESMA70-872942901-36 Q&A on MiFID II and MiFIR commodity derivatives topics MiFID - Secondary Markets Q&A PDF
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20/05/2022 ESMA70-872942901-35 Q&A on MiFID II and MiFIR transparency topics MiFID - Secondary Markets Q&A PDF
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20/07/2021 ESMA70-1861941480-56 Q&A on MiFIR data reporting MiFID - Secondary Markets, Supervisory convergence Q&A PDF
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01/04/2020 ESMA70-156-2287 Technical Advice to the European Commission on weekly position reports under MiFID II MiFID - Secondary Markets, Supervisory convergence Technical Advice PDF
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14/12/2017 ESMA70-151-957 MiFID II Q&A on post-trading issues MiFID - Secondary Markets, Post Trading Q&A PDF
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19/11/2021 ESMA35-43-349 Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR investor protection topics MiFID - Investor Protection, Supervisory convergence Q&A PDF
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29/03/2021 ESMA35-43-2430 Final Report ESMA’s Technical Advice to the Commi Technical Advice on the application of administrative and criminal sanctions under MiFID II/MiFIR MiFID - Investor Protection Technical Advice PDF
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04/02/2020 ESMA35-43-2134 ESMA’s Technical Advice to the Commission on the effects of product intervention measures MiFID - Investor Protection Technical Advice PDF
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01/04/2020 ESMA35-43-2126 Technical Advice on the impact of the inducements and costs and charges disclosure requirements under MiFID II MiFID - Investor Protection Technical Advice PDF
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20/05/2022 ESMA35-42-1088 Q&A on the European crowdfunding service providers for business Regulation Crowdfunding Q&A PDF
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31/03/2017 ESMA35-36-794 Q&A Relating to the provision of CFDs and other speculative products to retail investors under MiFID MiFID - Investor Protection Q&A PDF
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09/11/2018 ESMA35-36-1262 Technical Q&As on product intervention measures on CFDs and binary options MiFID - Investor Protection Q&A PDF
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18/07/2019 ESMA33-9-321 Technical Advice on Sustainability Considerations in the Credit Rating Market Credit Rating Agencies Technical Advice PDF
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29/07/2021 ESMA33-5-87 Q&A on the Implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 462 2013 On CRA Credit Rating Agencies Q&A PDF
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11/04/2019 ESMA31-62-780 Q&A on Prospectus Related Topics Brexit, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Information, Prospectus, Supervisory convergence Q&A PDF
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19/12/2016 2016/1673 2016-1673 Q&A on MiFID II commodity derivatives topics MiFID - Secondary Markets Q&A PDF
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02/10/2015 2015/1472 Technical Advice on Competition, Choice and Conflicts of Interest in the CRA industry Credit Rating Agencies Technical Advice PDF
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02/10/2015 2015/1471 Technical Advice on Reducing Sole and Mechanistic Reliance on Credit Ratings Credit Rating Agencies Technical Advice PDF
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17/09/2014 2014/850rev Technical Advice in accordance with Article 39(b) 2 of the CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Technical Advice PDF
370.42 KB		 This document has been revised to reflect an amended figure in Table 1 and two re-classifications of solicitation status in Table 2. Article 39b(2) of the CRA Regulation states that the European Commission shall adopt a report by end 2014 – after receiving ESMA’s technical advice – on the appropriateness of the development of a European creditworthiness assessment for sovereign debt. In its request for advice, the Commission asked ESMA to provide input on the issue of sovereign ratings and rating processes including an overview of the market for sovereign ratings, information on operational issues regarding sovereign ratings, information on sovereign rating processes as well as lessons drawn from ESMA’s supervisory experience. Contents For the purposes of this advice, ESMA provides its views based on the quantitative information contained in the CEREP public database and on information publicly disclosed by credit rating agencies registered with ESMA. Additionally, ESMA’s advice has been informed by its first supervisory activities regarding the rating process for sovereign ratings of CRAs which are active in the EU sovereign rating market. In accordance with the CRA Regulation, these supervisory activities did not address the content of the sovereign methodologies themselves but rather were concerned with the independence, transparency and governance of the sovereign rating process. Sovereign credit ratings play a crucial role from a credit market and financial stability perspective, not least because sovereign governments account for the largest group of borrowers in capital markets in terms of volume. In addition the crucial importance of these sovereign ratings can be amplified by the “cascade” effect sovereign ratings have on other asset classes via their presence as factors in other asset methodologies. In the EU the sovereign rating market is composed of nine CRAs established in nine different EU member states. These nine CRAs exhibit a high level of variation with respect to the type and number of sovereign ratings they assign. Sovereign credit ratings themselves can also be differentiated in various ways depending on such factors as local/foreign currency, duration of issuance, whether the rating applies to a specific issuer or issuance and if it is solicited or unsolicited. In addition ESMA would like to emphasise the following points which it believes to be important when considering the appropriateness of the development of a European creditworthiness assessment of sovereign debt.

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