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Reset all filters| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 18/01/2011 | 2011/26 | Summary Report on the mapping of contingency measures | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 93.63 KB |
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| 14/04/2011 | 2011/112 | Final report- Guidelines to competent authorities and UCITS management companies on risk meas-urement and the calculation of global exposure for certain types of structured UCITS | Fund Management | Final Report | PDF 166.5 KB |
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| 17/05/2011 | 2011/BS/123 | Decision of the Board of Supervisors- Appointment of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group | Board of Supervisors, Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group | Decision | PDF 171.3 KB |
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| 07/07/2011 | 2011/194 | Report- Mapping of the Transparency Directive | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 1.15 MB |
Report - Mapping of the Transparency Directive | |||
| 19/12/2011 | 2011/BS/229 | Decision of the European Securities and Markets Authority establishing its Review Panel | Board of Supervisors, Corporate Information, Supervisory convergence | Decision | PDF 35.86 KB |
This decision establishes the Review Panel of ESMA and sets out its mandate. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 26/04/2012 | 2012/270 | Actual use of sanctioning powers under MAD | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 1.55 MB |
The report provides a comparison of the use of administrative sanctioning powers across 29 EEA Member States for 2008-2010. The results of the report will provide input to the legislative process on the new market abuse regime. | |||
| 24/05/2012 | 2012/300 | Prospectus Directive – Good Practices in the approval process | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 467.38 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today “Prospectus Directive – Good Practices in the approval process“, a peer review report on the application of regulatory good practices by national supervisory authorities - competent authorities (CA) when approving investment prospectuses.The review was conducted using good practice criteria that ESMA developed on selected areas of the Prospectus Directive dealing with the approval process for investment prospectuses. The prospectuses provide investors with easy to understand and relevant information on investment products. Peer review reports on national regulators’ procedures contribute to ESMA’s objective of fostering supervisory convergence and achieving a level playing field between jurisdictions. | |||
| 29/06/2012 | 2012/415 | Call for Evidence on Empty Voting | Transparency, Corporate Disclosure | CESR Document | PDF 275.66 KB |
ESMA launched a Call for Evidence on Empty Voting in September 2011 to analyse the potential issues and concerns raised by the practice of empty voting and to examine whether there was a possible need for further action. An analysis of the responses received to the consultation has led ESMA to conclude that there is insufficient evidence to justify any regulatory action at the European level at present. | |||
| 25/07/2012 | 2012/474 | Report and consultation paper on guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues | Fund Management | Final Report | PDF 728.1 KB |
This paper sets out ESMA’s guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues. The guidelines are adapted to the type of UCITS, management technique or financial instrument in question and are detailed in Annex III of the documentThis document also sets out in Annex IV a public consultation on the treatment of repo and reverse repo arrangements on which ESMA is seeking feedback from stakeholders. The feedback to this further consultation will be used by ESMA to finalise its position on this specific issue, which will be incorporated into the rest of the guidelines already adopted by the Authority (cf. Annex III of this document). | |||
| 04/12/2012 | 2012/722 | Guidelines on repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements | Fund Management | Final Report | PDF 339.57 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its final guidelines on repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements for UCITS funds. The guidelines state that UCITS should only enter into such agreements if they are able to recall at any time any assets or the full amount of cash. |
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| 03/01/2013 | 2012/875 | Report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the budgetary impli-cations of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps | Short Selling | Final Report | PDF 532.88 KB |
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| 30/01/2013 | 2013/159 | Q&A on Implementation of the Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (2nd update) | Short Selling | Q&A | PDF 873.32 KB |
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| 01/02/2013 | 2013/158 | Guidelines on the exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under Regulation (EU) 236/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council on short selling and certain aspects of Credit Default Swaps | Short Selling | Final Report | PDF 501.8 KB |
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| 20/03/2013 | 2013/318 | Feedback Statement on proposed amendments to the ESMA update of the CESR recommendations for the consistent implementation of the Prospectuses Regulation regarding mineral companies | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure, Transparency | CESR Document | PDF 265.19 KB |
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| 15/04/2013 | ESMA/2013/476 | Peer Review–Money Market Fund Guidelines | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 763.46 KB |
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| 24/05/2013 | 2013/600 | Guidelines on key concepts of the AIFMD | Fund Management | Final Report | PDF 473.66 KB |
Executive Summary Reasons for publication On 23 February 2012, ESMA published a discussion paper (DP) on key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and types of AIFM (2012/117), which was followed on 19 December 2012 by the publication of a consultation paper (CP) on guidelines on key concepts of the AIFMD (2012/845). The CP set out formal proposals for guidelines ensuring common, uniform and consistent application of the concepts in the definition of ‘AIF’ in Article 4(1)(a) of the AIFMD by providing clarification on each of these concepts. This final report sets out the final text of the guidelines on key concepts of the AIFMD. |
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| 01/07/2013 | 2013/805 | Supervisory Practices under MAD- Peer review report and Good Practices | Market Abuse, Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 1.17 MB |
ESMA's peer review of the supervisory practices EEA national competent authorities (NCAs) covers how national authorities enforce the requirements of the Market Abuse Directive (MAD). The Directive deals with the prevention of the dissemination of misleading information, the breach of reporting obligations and market abuse. | |||
| 01/07/2013 | 2013/806 | Supervisory Practices under MAD- Mapping Report | Market Abuse, Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 315.44 KB |
ESMA's Mapping Report on Supervisory Practices under MAD sets out the situation in each Member State as regards their implementation of the various requirements of the Market Abuse Directive. | |||
| 15/11/2013 | 2013/1339 | Guidelines on reporting obligations under Articles 3(3)(d) and 24(1), (2) and (4) of the AIFMD (revised) | Fund Management | Final Report | PDF 701.63 KB |