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28/10/2011 2011/SMSG/11 Response to ESMA's Consultation paper on guidelines on systems and controlsin a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investmentfirms and competent authorities Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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28/10/2011 2011/SMSG/12 Position paper- ESMA's Consultation on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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28/10/2011 2011/SMSG/13 Advice on ESMA's draft technical advice to the European Commission on possible implementing measures of the Alternative Investment Fund Man-agers Directive in relation to supervision and third countries Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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01/12/2011 2011/SMSG/18 Advice on ESMA's public consultation on UCITS Exchange traded funds in the European Union Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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28/02/2012 2012/SMSG/11 Advice on Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID suitability requirements Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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28/02/2012 2012/SMSG/12 Advice on Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID compliance function requirements Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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12/10/2012 2012/SMSG/59 Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group – Report on Helping Small and Medium Sized Companies Access Funding Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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02/02/2012 2012/SMSG/6 Letter regarding deadlines for the submission of ESMA’s technical standards Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
82.35 KB		 A letter from the ESMA Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group to Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Sharon Bowles, Chair of ECON, and Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Chair of JURI, regarding deadlines for the submission of ESMA's technical standards.
27/09/2012 2012/SMSG/60 SMSG advice on Guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the AIFMD Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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15/03/2013 2013/312 Regulatory technical standards on colleges for central counterparties supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 Post Trading Opinion PDF
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20/12/2013 2013/SMSG/017 Advice on Consultation Paper – Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on contracts having a direct, substantial and foreseeable effect within the Un-ion and non-evasion of provisions of EMIR Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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20/12/2013 2013/SMSG/018 Advice on Discussion Paper – The Clearing Obligation under EMIR Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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20/12/2013 2013/SMSG/020 Response to the Consultation Paper ESMA Guidelines on enforcement of financial information Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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07/02/2014 2014/146 MiFID practices for firms selling complex products MiFID - Investor Protection, Warnings and publications for investors Opinion PDF
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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.
28/05/2014 2014/576 Voting Procedures for CCP colleges under EMIR Post Trading Opinion PDF
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03/06/2015 2014/SMSG/018 SMSG Call for evidence: Competition, choice and conflicts of interest in the credit rating industry Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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05/05/2014 2014/SMSG/10 SMSG position paper on Crowdfunding Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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07/07/2014 2014/SMSG/11 SMSG reply to ESMA DP on Market Abuse Regulation Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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29/04/2014 2014/SMSG/14 SMSG reply to ESMA consultation on CRA3 Implementation Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group SMSG Advice PDF
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