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Reset all filters| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 05/11/2020 | ESMA74-362-893 | QAs on SFTR data reporting | Post Trading, Securities Financing Transactions, Trade Repositories | Q&A | PDF 208.93 KB |
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| 17/02/2020 | ESMA33-5-87 | Q&A on the Implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 462 2013 On CRA | Credit Rating Agencies | Q&A | PDF 401.67 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 | ESMA31-67-127 | 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 16/12/2016 | 2016/1669 | 2016-1669 Q&A on AIFMD | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 436.68 KB |
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| 21/11/2016 | 2016/1586 | Questions and Answers on UCITS Directive | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 454.07 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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| 18/09/2015 | 2015/1409 | Draft Implementing Technical Standards on penalties and measures under Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive) | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 339.52 KB |
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| 24/06/2014 | 2014/685 | Draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the CRA3 Regulation | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Standards | PDF 2.39 MB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Final Report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) required under the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA3) Regulation regarding information on transparency of structured finance instruments, the European Rating Platform and periodic reporting of fees charged by credit rating agencies. The draft RTS, which complement the existing regulatory framework for credit rating agencies (CRAs), cover: • disclosure requirements on structured finance instruments (SFIs); • the European Rating Platform (ERP); and • the periodic reporting on fees charged by CRAs. | |||
| 20/02/2014 | 2014/161 | Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuSEF | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 29.18 KB |
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| 20/02/2014 | 2014/160 | Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuVECA | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 175.99 KB |
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| 02/04/2013 | 2013/413 | Final Report- Draft regulatory technical standards on types of AIFMs | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 116.08 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) to determine types of alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs), where relevant in the application of the AIFMD. The draft RTS distinguish AIFMs managing alternative investment funds (AIF) of the open-ended type and AIFMs managing AIFs of the closed-ended type, in order to apply the rules on liquidity management, the valuation procedures and the transitional provisions of the AIFMD. ESMA was required to develop these RTS by Article 4(4) of the AIFMD and they are aimed at ensuring uniform conditions of application of the AIFMD across the European Union. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 22/12/2011 | 2011/464 | Final report- Draft RTS on the content and format of ratings data periodic reporting to be requested from credit ratings agencies for the purpose of on-going supervision by ESMA | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Standards | PDF 485.78 KB |
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| 22/12/2011 | 2011/463 | Final report- Regulatory technical standards on the information for registration and certification of credit rating agencies | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Standards | PDF 444.79 KB |
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| 22/12/2011 | 2011/462 | Final Report- Draft RTS on the assessment of compliance of credit rating methodologies with CRA Regulation | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Standards | PDF 445.83 KB |
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| 22/12/2011 | 2011/461 | Final report- Regulatory Technical Standards on the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies shall disclose in accordance with Article 11(2) and point 1 of Part II of Section E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Standards | PDF 555.25 KB |