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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 147.84 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. | |||
| 21/02/2012 | 2012/113 | Questions and Answers- A Common Definition of European Money Market Funds- updated February 2012 | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 83.79 KB |
The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds developed by CESR by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities. The content of this document is aimed at competent authorities to ensure that in their supervisory activities their actions are converging along the lines of the responses adopted by ESMA. However, the answers are also intended to help management companies by providing clarity as to the content of CESR’s guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds, rather than creating an extra layer of requirements. | |||
| 21/11/2016 | 2016/1586 | Questions and Answers on UCITS Directive | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 454.07 KB |
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| 19/12/2016 | 2016/JCESA QA | Questions and Answers on Big Data | Joint Committee | Q&A | PDF 333.65 KB |
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| 11/04/2019 | ESMA31-67-127 | Question and answers on Transparency Directive (TD) | Brexit, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Supervisory convergence, Transparency | Q&A | PDF 352.79 KB |
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| 03/11/2020 | ESMA71-99-1423 | QA Fast Track Peer Review- Wirecard | Corporate Disclosure, Guidelines and Technical standards, Supervisory convergence | Q&A | PDF 248.14 KB |
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| 22/12/2020 | ESMA35-43-349 | Q&As on MiFID II and MiFIR investor protection topics | MiFID - Investor Protection, Supervisory convergence | Q&A | PDF 651.6 KB |
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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 948.76 KB |
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| 29/03/2019 | ESMA70-145-111 | Q&A on the Market Abuse Regulation | Market Abuse, Market Integrity | Q&A | PDF 400.21 KB |
The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MAR and its implementing measures. It does this by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities in relation to the practical application of the MAR framework The content of this document is aimed at competent authorities to ensure that in their supervisory activities and their actions are converging along the lines of the responses adopted by ESMA and at helping issuers, investors and other market participants by providing clarity on the content of the market abuse rules, rather than creating an extra layer of requirements. |
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| 29/03/2019 | ESMA34-43-392 | Q&A on the application of the UCITS Directive | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 407.27 KB |
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| 31/05/2016 | 2016/774 | Q&A on the Application of the EuSEF and EuVECA Regulations | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 212.93 KB |
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| 04/12/2019 | ESMA34-32-352 | Q&A on the Application of the AIFMD | Fund Management, Supervisory convergence | Q&A | PDF 500.53 KB |
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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 957.9 KB |
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| 17/04/2020 | ESMA32-51-370 | Q&A on ESMA Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures | Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Information | Q&A | PDF 329.01 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. | |||
| 25/04/2017 | ESMA70-145-76 | Points for convergence in relation to MAR accepted market practices on liquidity contracts | Market Abuse, Market Integrity | Opinion | PDF 166.37 KB |
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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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| 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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| 13/07/2017 | ESMA35-43-762 | Opinion to support supervisory convergence in the area of investment firms in the context of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union | Brexit, MiFID - Investor Protection, Supervisory convergence | Opinion | PDF 236.23 KB |