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Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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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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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 | |||
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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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. | |||
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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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 |
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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. | |||
29/10/2014 | 2014/1278 | Report on the equivalence of the Indian Accounting Standards | Corporate Disclosure, IAS Regulation | Final Report | PDF 1.7 MB |
This report fulfils the mandate received by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) from the European Commission (EC) in February 2014 to provide it with an update on the level of convergence of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS)1 towards International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the quality of application and enforcement of the Ind-AS, so that the EC can provide a progress report to the Council and the European Parliament (EP) in line with its obligations under Commission Regulation (EC) 1569/2007. |
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11/12/2014 | 2014/1485 | MiFID – Conduct of Business, fair, clear and not misleading information | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 614.16 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review of how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise MiFID conduct of business rules on providing fair, clear and not misleading information to clients. The peer review focused on NCAs’ organisation, supervisory approaches, monitoring and complaints handling in relation to information and marketing communications under MiFID. The Report found that there was overall a high degree of compliance amongst NCAs with the good practices identified in these key areas. However, a variety of approaches were observed, leading to different intensity of supervision. A number of areas for improvement were identified. They include: • enhanced use of on-site inspections and thematic reviews; • a specific focus on conduct of business issues in firms’ risk assessments; and • greater efforts to detect failings by firms in a timely manner. The review was conducted on the basis of information provided by NCAs in a self-assessment questionnaire and complemented by on-site visits to the NCAs of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. | |||
18/12/2014 | 2014/1560 | Advice- Investment-based crowdfunding | Innovation and Products | Final Report | PDF 482.2 KB |
Crowdfunding is a means of raising finance for projects from ‘the crowd’ often by means of an internet-based platform through which project owners ‘pitch’ their idea to potential backers, who are typically not professional investors. It takes many forms, not all of which involve the potential for a financial return. ESMA’s focus is on crowdfunding which involves investment, as distinct from donation, non-monetary reward or loan agreement.Crowdfunding is relatively young and business models are evolving. EU financial services rules were not designed with the industry in mind. Within investment-based crowdfunding a range of different operational structures are used so it is not straightforward to map crowdfunding platforms’ activities to those regulated under EU legislation. Member States and NCAs have been working out how to treat crowdfunding, with some dealing with issues case-by-case, some seeking to clarify how crowdfunding fits into existing rules and others introducing specific requirements.To assist NCAs and market participants, and to promote regulatory and supervisory convergence, ESMA has assessed typical investment-based crowdfunding business models and how they could evolve, risks typically involved for project owners, investors and the platforms themselves and the likely components of an appropriate regulatory regime. ESMA then prepared a detailed analysis of how the typical business models map across to the existing EU legislation, set out in sections 1 to 6 of this document. | |||
22/12/2015 | 2015/1905 | MAD Supervisory Practices peer review follow-up | Market Abuse, Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 239.64 KB |
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25/02/2015 | 2015/494 | Best Execution under MiFID | MiFID - Investor Protection, Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 761.62 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review on how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise and enforce the MiFID provisions relating to investment firms’ obligation to provide best execution, or obtain the best possible result, for their clients when executing their orders. ESMA found that the level of implementation of best execution provisions, as well as the level of convergence of supervisory practices by NCAs, is relatively low. In order to address this situation a number of improvements were identified, including: • prioritisation of best execution as a key conduct of business supervisory issue; • the allocation of sufficient resources to best execution supervision; and • a more proactive supervisory approach to monitoring compliance with best execution requirements, both desk-based and onsite inspections. The review was conducted on the basis of information provided by 29 NCAs and complemented by on-site visits to the NCAs of France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland and Spain. | |||
18/03/2015 | 2015/592 | Automated Trading Guidelines- ESMA peer review among National Competent Authorities | Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 930.33 KB |
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21/05/2015 | 2015/856 Ann1 | Investment-based crowdfunding- Insights from regulators in the EU | Innovation and Products | Final Report | PDF 319.65 KB |
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10/11/2016 | 2016-1560 | Final Report on Technical Advice under the Benchmarks Regulation | Benchmarks | Final Report | PDF 943.42 KB |
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30/06/2016 | 2016/1055 | Peer Review Report on Prospectus Approval Process | Prospectus, Supervisory convergence | Final Report | PDF 1.23 MB |