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01/06/2022 ESMA50-164-6024 EFIF Summary of the May 2022 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the January 2022 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the October 2021 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the June 2021 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the April 2021 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the February 2021 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the October 2020 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the July 2020 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the April 2020 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the December 2019 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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22/02/2022 Joint Committee EFIF Summary of the September 2019 meeting Joint Committee Summary of Conclusions PDF
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30/09/2021 ESMA80-196-5819 Opinion on improving access to and use of credit ratings Credit Rating Agencies Opinion PDF
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26/03/2021 JC 2021 16 ESAs’ Opinion to the European Commission on the Jurisdictional Scope of Application of the SECR Joint Committee, Securitisation Opinion 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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10/04/2019 JC 2019 26 Joint ESA advice on the need for legislative improvements relating to ICT risk management requirements Innovation and Products, Joint Committee Technical Advice PDF
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10/04/2019 JC 2019 25 Joint ESA advice on the costs and benefits of developing a coherent cyber resilience testing framework for significant market participants and infrastructures Innovation and Products, Joint Committee Technical Advice PDF
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12/05/2016 ESA/2016/41 Opinion of the ESAs- ECAI credit assessments Credit Rating Agencies, Joint Committee Opinion 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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