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22/12/2015 2015/WP/2015/2 Working Paper No.2, 2015 “Monitoring systemic risk in the hedge fund sector” Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
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The working paper proposes new measures for systemic risk in the hedge fund sector. These measures are based on the ability of hedge funds to influence (be influenced by) the performance trend of the entire hedge fund sector. The proposed measures display a high ability to identify periods of financial distress, are robust to modifications in the underlying econometric model and deliver an innovation in the monitoring of systemic risks in the fund industry.
20/09/2013 2013/1138 Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities No. 2, 2013 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.92 MB
12/03/2014 2014/188 Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities No. 1, 2014 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.33 MB
14/02/2013 2013/212 Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities report Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.03 MB
11/01/2018 ESMA80-196-954 Thematic Report- On fees charged by Credit Rating Agencies and Trade Repositories Credit Rating Agencies, Trade Repositories Report PDF
1.14 MB
05/03/2018 ESMA70-145-386 Technical Advice on the evaluation of certain elements of the Short Selling Regulation Short Selling Final Report PDF
1.72 MB
17/11/2017 ESMA33-9-207 Technical Advice on CRA Regulatory Equivalence- CRA 3 Update Credit Rating Agencies Final Report PDF
1.51 MB
06/04/2017 ESMA33-9-158 Supervisory Briefing: A Common Approach to the CRA Regulation’s Provisions for Encouraging the use of Smaller CRAs Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
687.07 KB
  1. ESMA is required to play an active role in building a common supervisory culture by promoting common supervisory approaches and practices among nationally appointed Sectoral Competent Authorities (‘SCAs’).
  1. The purpose of this supervisory briefing is to provide guidance to SCAs in relation to the application of Articles 8c and 8d of the CRA Regulation and promote a common supervisory approach and enforcement of these Articles. In this regard, the Supervisory Briefing includes the following:
  1. A Common Supervisory Approach as to which issuers and related third parties are covered by Article 8c and 8d; and,
  1. A Standard Form for documentation in accordance with article 8d.
  1. The common supervisory approach will assist SCAs as well as issuers and related third parties by clearly establishing who should be prioritised for supervision and enforcement under these Articles.
  1. The Standard Form will assist SCAs by guaranteeing standardised and consistent data across different issuers and related third parties. It will also assist issuers and related third parties by providing clarity as to how they may meet their regulatory obligations under these Articles and simplify their internal processes by removing the need to develop in-house templates for documenting compliance under Article 8d.
  1. The Supervisory Briefing will be published on ESMA’s website and on the websites of the nationally appointed SCAs.
 
03/02/2017 ESMA80-1467488426-27 Supervision Annual Report 2016 and Work Programme 2017 Credit Rating Agencies, Trade Repositories Report PDF
2.49 MB
05/09/2019 ESMA50-164-2458 Stress simulation for investment funds Fund Management, Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Report PDF
868.55 KB
02/12/2013 2013/1775 Sovereign ratings investigation- ESMA’s assessment of governance, conflicts of interest, resourcing adequacy and confidentiality controls Credit Rating Agencies Final Report PDF
302.99 KB		 This report summarises the findings of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) general investigation into sovereign credit ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s which took place between February and October 2013, as indicated in its Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) 2013 Supervision and Policy Work Plan. In this report ESMA describes the observed deficiencies and main concerns while also identifying a number of good practices in the following areas: • the role of senior management and other non-rating functions in the rating process and the actual or potential conflicts of interest which could arise; • the actual or potential conflicts of interests generated by the involvement of sovereign analysts in research and publication activities; • confidentiality of sovereign rating information and controls in place prior to publication of ratings (including IT and access controls to confidential information); • timing of publication of sovereign ratings, including timely disclosure of rating changes; • monitoring of the adequacy and expertise of resources dedicated to sovereign ratings; • preparation of rating committees; and • definitions of roles and responsibilities among different analytical functions. ESMA’s investigation revealed shortcomings in the sovereign ratings process which could pose risks to the quality, independence and integrity of the ratings and of the rating process. As of the date of this document, ESMA has not determined whether any of the observations made in this report constitute serious indications of the possible existence of facts liable to constitute one or more infringements of the CRA Regulation.
09/02/2018 ESMA20-95-839 Risk Assessment Work Programme 2018 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Report PDF
452.74 KB
03/07/2013 2013/326 Retailisation in the EU Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
976.31 KB
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
05/08/2014 2014/939 Report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on ESMA’s staffing and resource for CRA supervision Credit Rating Agencies Final Report PDF
322.49 KB		 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is required by Article 39a of Regulation (EU) No 462/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 21 May 2013, amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (CRA Regulation), to assess the staffing and resources needs arising from the assumption of its powers and duties under the CRA Regulation and submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of these needs. The Report describes the tasks that ESMA carries out in view of its responsibilities under the CRA Regulation. For each task the report analyses the implications in terms of processes and activities to be carried out. The report also provides the implications in terms of resources and budget. While ESMA experienced a steep increase of resources in the initial years following the entry into force of the CRA Regulation, incremental growth in staff numbers in 2015 and 2016 can be envisaged to adequately cope with additional tasks following from the CRA3 Regulation.
30/08/2016 2016/1234 Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No.2, 2016 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
3.07 MB
14/09/2015 2015/1290 Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No.2, 2015 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.88 MB
06/11/2017 ESMA50-165-416 Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No.2 2017- correction Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.89 MB

ERRATUM - In TRV 2 2017,  p.39 table V.3, the values in the last four rows of column five were accidentally misreported. For this reason, ESMA now provides a corrected version, including the corrected values and a footnote pointing to the initial mistake.
20/03/2017 ESMA50-165-279 Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No.1, 2017 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
2.73 MB
17/03/2016 2016/348 Report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No.1, 2016 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF
3.13 MB

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