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23/01/2013 2013/87 2013 CRA supervision and policy work plan Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
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16/12/2016 2016/1662 2016-1662 Competition & Choice in the Credit Rating Industry Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
1.22 MB
21/12/2016 2016/1668 2016-1668 ESMA feedback statement on ESEF Corporate Disclosure, European Single Electronic Format, Transparency Report PDF
6.98 MB
27/05/2019 ESMA70-151-1019 Consolidated SFTR_Validation_Rules Securities Financing Transactions Reference XLSX
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12/11/2013 2013/1643 Cover Note- Public statement containing information on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive (ESMA/2013/1642) Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance Reference PDF
145.01 KB		 In accordance with its mandate to take appropriate action in the context of takeover bids as per Article 1.3 of Regulation (EU) 1095/2010 (ESMA Regulation), ESMA is releasing a public statement on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive (Directive 2004/25/EC). This statement has been prepared following the review and report by the European Commission on the application of the Takeover Bids Directive and is based on information collected about the practices and application of that Directive. The statement has been prepared in order to help shareholders identify activities in relation to which they can cooperate (insofar as those activities are available to them under national company law), without that cooperation, in and of itself, leading to a conclusion that the shareholders are acting in concert and thus being at risk of having to make a mandatory bid under the Takeover Bids Directive. These activities are presented in the statement in the form of a “White List”. The statement has been prepared by the Takeover Bids Network, a permanent working group operating under the auspices of ESMA that promotes exchange of information on practices and application of the Takeover Bids Directive across the European Economic Area, thereby strengthening a common supervisory culture. The Takeover Bids Network is a specialist group composed of the national competent authorities appointed under the Takeover Bids Directive. The competent authorities represented on the ESMA Board of Supervisors are not in all cases appointed as competent authorities within the Takeover Bids Directive. The authorities not represented on the Board of Supervisors but competent within the area of takeovers are the Austrian Takeover Commission, the Irish Takeover Panel, the Oslo Stock Exchange of Norway, the Takeover Panel of Sweden and the Takeover Panel of the United Kingdom. These five authorities have contributed to the public statement and will have regard to it in the same manner as the other members of the Takeover Bids Network when assessing whether shareholders are acting in concert under their national takeover rules.
20/12/2017 ESMA33-5-209 CRA Market Share Calculation 2017 Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
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10/01/2020 ESMA33-9-340 CRA Market Share Calculation 2019 Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
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18/05/2018 ESMA33-9-226 CRA Technical Committee Terms of Reference Credit Rating Agencies Reference
20/12/2019 ESMA71-100-1792 CRAs and TRs Follow Up Fees Factsheet Credit Rating Agencies, Supervisory convergence, Trade Repositories Reference PDF
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16/12/2013 2013/1933 CRAs’ Market share calculation according to Article 8d of the CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
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22/12/2014 2014/1583 Credit Rating Agencies’ 2014 market share calculations for the purposes of Article 8d of the CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
330 KB		 One of the objectives of the CRA Regulation is to increase competition in the markets for credit ratings by encouraging issuers to use smaller credit rating agencies. To this end, Article 8d(1) of the CRA Regulation states that where issuers or related third parties intend to appoint at least two CRAs to rate an issuance or entity, they shall consider appointing at least one CRA with no more than 10% of the total market share. They will consider this where the issuer or related third party finds that such a CRA is capable of rating the relevant issuance or entity and there is such a CRA available to rate the issuance or entity in question. Where it is not possible to appoint at least one CRA with no more than 10% of the total market share, the issuer or related third party shall document this. The obligations in Article 8d are supervised and enforced at national level by sectoral competent authorities. To help issuers and related third parties carry out this evaluation, Article 8d(2) of the CRA Regulation requires ESMA to publish a list of CRAs registered in the European Union (EU) on its website every year, indicating their total market share and the types of credit ratings issued.
23/07/2018 ESMA41-137-1144 Danske- PUBLIC NOTICE Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
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17/12/2015 2015/1885 ESMA Briefing Note on ESEF CP European Single Electronic Format, Transparency Reference PDF
138.49 KB
22/10/2015 2015/1599 ESMA briefing on amended TD documents Corporate Disclosure, Transparency Reference PDF
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28/03/2019 ESMA-41-356-14 ESMA fine Fitch France Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
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02/03/2021 ESMA32-60-709 ESMA's response to EC targeted consultation on ESAP Transparency Reference PDF
272.76 KB
13/04/2018 ESMA33-128-481 ESMA_public_hearing_slides_repositories Securitisation Reference PPTX
2.32 MB
22/02/2018 ESMA-180219 ESMA’s consultation papers on draft regulatory standards under the securitisation regulation Securitisation Reference PDF
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05/02/2016 2016/234 ESMA’s supervision of credit rating agencies and trade repositories- 2015 annual report and 2016 work plan. Credit Rating Agencies, Trade Repositories Report PDF
2.08 MB

The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) annual report and work programme has been prepared according to Article 21 of Regulation 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies as amended (the CRA Regulation) and Article 85 of Regulation 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). It highlights the direct supervisory activities carried out by ESMA during 2015 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TRs) and outlines ESMA’s main priorities in these areas for 2016.

ESMA adopts a risk-based approach to the supervision of CRAs and TRs in accordance with its overall objectives of promoting financial stability and orderly markets and enhancing investor protection. This risk-based approach requires the analysis of information from a variety of sources and the application of multiple supervisory tools including day-to-day supervision, cycle of engagement meetings with supervised entities, on-site inspections and dedicated investigations.

In order to build on the expertise that ESMA has developed through its supervision of CRAs and TRs, ESMA created a single Supervision Department in November 2015. ESMA intends to draw on the best practices identified from the supervision of both types of entity to further enhance its supervisory effectiveness in future.
11/01/2018 ESMA71-99-928 Factsheet on Credit Rating Agencies Fees Credit Rating Agencies Reference PDF
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