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| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 11/08/2011 | 2011/266 | Public statement- harmonised regulatory action on short-selling in the EU | Short Selling, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 97.39 KB |
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| 25/11/2011 | 2011/397 | Public statement on sovereign debt in IFRS financial statements | Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance, IFRS Supervisory Convergence, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 189.46 KB |
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| 30/08/2012 | 2012/537 | STATEMENT- Short Selling Regulation Update: Market Maker & Primary Dealer Exemption Notification Procedure | Short Selling, Market Integrity, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 77.92 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing this notice to alert financial market participants to its upcoming consultation on the market making and authorised primary dealer exemption under the EU’s Short Selling Regulation (SSR) and the procedure to be followed by firms and regulators in dealing with notifications of intention to use the exemption. | |||
| 01/10/2012 | 2012/641 | ESMA approves Axesor S.A. as a credit rating agency | Credit Rating Agencies, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 83.07 KB |
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| 04/12/2012 | 2012/802 | Statement: Operating Principles and Areas of Exploration in the Regulation of the Cross-Border Derivatives Market | Press Releases | Statement | PDF 131.03 KB |
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| 31/07/2014 | 2014/944 | Potential Risks Associated with Investing in Contingent Convertible Instruments | Warnings and publications for investors, Innovation and Products | Statement | PDF 106.1 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is issuing this statement to clarify to institutional investors risks from a newly emerging asset class referred to by most market participants as contingent convertibles instruments (CoCos). If they work as intended in a crisis CoCos will play an important role to inhibit risk transfer from debt holders to taxpayers. They along with standards to improve the quality and quantity of bank capital reflect a considerate response to the former regulatory capital framework. However, it is unclear as to whether investors fully consider the risks of CoCos and correctly factor those risks into their valuation. ESMA believes there are specific risks to CoCos and that investors should take those risks into consideration prior to investing in these instruments. | |||
| 03/02/2015 | 2015/224 | ESMA’s technical advice on possible delegated acts concerning the Market Abuse Regulation | Market Abuse | Technical Advice | PDF 1021.03 KB |
This advice:• specifies the MAR market manipulation indicators, by providing examples of practices that may constitute market manipulation as well as proposing “additional” indicators of market manipulation; • recommends to set the minimum thresholds that exempt certain market participants in the emission allowance market from publicly disclosing inside information at six million tonnes of CO2eq per year and at 2,430 MW rated thermal input;• suggests the way to determine to which regulator delays in disclosure of inside information needs to be notified. • provides clarifications on the enhanced disclosure of managers’ transactions. - ESMA recommends disclosing any acquisition, disposal, subscription or exchange of financial instruments of the relevant issuer or related financial instruments carried out by managers,, further illustrated through a non-exhaustive list of types of transactions subject to this obligation. . ESMA also clarifies the transactions that can be allowed by the issuer during a closed period when normally managers are prohibited to trade; and• proposes procedures and arrangements to ensure sound whistleblowing infrastructures – i.e. EU national regulators should allow the receipt of reports of infringements, including appropriate communication channels and guarantee the protection of reporting and reported persons, with respect to their identity and their personal data. Next steps ESMA has sent its technical advice to the European Commission for its consideration in drafting its implementing standards regarding MAR. ESMA’s regulatory technical standards regarding MAR will be delivered in July 2015. | |||
| 10/02/2016 | 2016-278 | EU-US approach CCP equivalence | Post Trading, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 97.22 KB |
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| 18/02/2016 | 2015/SMSG/036 | SMSG Advice on ESEF | European Single Electronic Format, Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group | SMSG Advice | PDF 109.63 KB |
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| 25/05/2016 | 2016/724 | Requirements for reference data submission under Article 4 MAR | Market Abuse, Market Integrity | Statement | PDF 88.1 KB |
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| 21/07/2016 | 2016/1159 | Public notice- Infrigement by Fitch | Credit Rating Agencies, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 324.96 KB |
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| 07/03/2017 | ESMA50-1623096732-432 | Opening remarks Financial Innovation Day | Innovation and Products | Statement | PDF 169.02 KB |
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| 07/03/2017 | ESMA50-1623096732-432x | Closing remarks Financial Innovation Day | Innovation and Products | Statement | PDF 152.27 KB |
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| 31/05/2017 | ESMA71-99-470 | ESMA registers Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited as a trade repository | Press Releases, Trade Repositories | Statement | PDF 141.48 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU supervisor of trade repositories (TRs), has registered Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited as a TR under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), with effect from 7 June 2017. Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited is based in the United Kingdom and covers the following derivative asset classes: commodities, credit, foreign exchange, equities and interest rates. |
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| 28/06/2017 | ESMA35-36-885 | Product Intervention- General Statement | Innovation and Products, MiFID - Investor Protection | Statement | PDF 123.04 KB |
This statement provides an update on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) work in relation to the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products to retail investors.
ESMA has been concerned about the provision of speculative products such as CFDs, rolling spot forex and binary options to retail investors for a considerable period of time and has conducted ongoing monitoring and supervisory convergence work in this area. In this context, ESMA has previously published a number of Q&As on CFDs and other speculative products[1] to foster supervisory convergence, having established a CFD Task Force in July 2015, and also issued a further investor warning on the sale of CFDs, binary options and other speculative products in July 2016[2].
However, ESMA remains concerned that these supervisory convergence tools may not be sufficiently effective to ensure that the risks to consumer protection are sufficiently controlled or reduced. ESMA is therefore discussing the possible use of its product intervention powers under Article 40 of MiFIR to address investor protection risks in relation to CFDs, rolling spot forex and binary options.
ESMA is in the process of discussing the possible use of its product intervention powers under Article 40 of MiFIR, the possible content of any such measures, and how they could be applied. However, ESMA can confirm that the measures being discussed for (i) CFDs and rolling spot forex and (ii) binary options include proposals that take into account a number of measures that have been adopted or publicly consulted on by EU National Competent Authorities. These measures include leverage limits, guaranteed limits on client losses, and / or restrictions on the marketing and distribution of these products.
In accordance with Article 40 of MiFIR, any intervention measures must be approved by the ESMA Board of Supervisors and can only come into effect from 3 January 2018 at the earliest[3]. [1] ESMA35-36-794 Q&A - Relating to the provision of CFDs and other speculative products to retail investors under MiFID published 31 March 2017 | [2] ESMA/2016/1166 Warning about CFDs, binary options and other speculative products published 25 July 2016 |
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| 21/07/2017 | ESMA43-318-752 | Statement to European Parliament Petitions Committee | Supervisory convergence | Statement | PDF 359.62 KB |
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| 29/09/2017 | ESMA71-99-602 | ESMA appoints new chairs to Standing Committees | Board of Supervisors, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Information, Innovation and Products, Market Integrity, MiFID - Secondary Markets, Post Trading | Statement | PDF 143.69 KB |
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| 13/11/2017 | ESMA50-157-829 | ESMA alerts investors to the high risks of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) | Innovation and Products, Warnings and publications for investors | Statement | PDF 444.01 KB |
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| 13/11/2017 | ESMA50-157-828 | ESMA alerts firms involved in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to the need to meet relevant regulatory requirements | Innovation and Products, Warnings and publications for investors | Statement | PDF 330.73 KB |
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| 13/11/2017 | ESMA71-99-650 | Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited Registration | Credit Rating Agencies, Press Releases | Statement | PDF 164.33 KB |