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| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 10/05/2021 | ESMA50-164-4285 | Guidelines On outsourcing to cloud service providers | Innovation and Products | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 241.56 KB |
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| 23/03/2011 | 2011/81 | Recommendations- ESMA update of the CESR recommendations on the consistent implementation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing the Prospectus Directive | Guidelines and Technical standards, Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 593.19 KB |
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| 18/12/2013 | 2013/1944 | Format of the base prospectus and consistent application of Article 26(4) of the Prospectus Regulation | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Opinion | PDF 75.6 KB |
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| 20/03/2013 | 2013/317 | Framework for the assessment of third country prospectuses under Article 20 of the Prospectus Directive | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Opinion | PDF 725.59 KB |
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| 20/03/2013 | 2013/319 | The consistent implementation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing the Prospectus Directive | Corporate Disclosure, Prospectus | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 540.48 KB |
This document contains an update of the CESR recommendations. |
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| 28/10/2014 | 2014-1293 | ESMA Guidelines on enforcement of financial information | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 405.13 KB |
BG - Преводът е предоставен от Центъра за преводи за органите на Европейския съюз.CS - Tento překlad vypracovalo Překladatelské středisko pro instituce Evropské unie.DA - Denne oversættelse er udarbejdet af Oversættelsescentret for Den Europæiske Unions Organer.DE - Die Übersetzung erfolgte durch das Übersetzungszentrum für die Einrichtungen der Europäischen Union.EL - Η παρούσα μετάφραση έγινε από το Μεταφραστικό Κέντρο των Οργάνων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.ES - Texto traducido por el Centro de Traducción de los Órganos de la Unión Europea ET - Selle tõlke tegi Euroopa Liidu Asutuste Tõlkekeskus.FI - Euroopan unionin elinten käännöskeskus on tehnyt tämän käännöksen.FR - La présente traduction a été fournie par le Centre de traduction des organes de l’Union européenne. HR - Za prijevod se pobrinuo Prevoditeljski centar za tijela Europske unije.HU - Ezt a fordítást az Európai UnióIT - La presente traduzione è stata fornita dal Centro di traduzione degli organismi dell’Unione europea.LT - Šį tekstą išvertė Europos Sąjungos įstaigų vertimo centras.LV - Šo tulkojumu ir nodrošinājis Eiropas Savienības iestāžu Tulkošanas centrs.MT - Din it-traduzzjoni ġiet ipprovduta miċ-Ċentru tat-Traduzzjoni għall-Korpi tal-Unjoni Ewropea.NL - Deze vertaling is verzorgd door het Vertaalbureau voor de organen van de Europese Unie.PL - Tłumaczenie wykonane przez Centrum Tłumaczeń dla Organów Unii Europejskiej.PT - Esta tradução foi fornecida pelo Centro de Tradução dos Organismos da União Europeia.RO - Această traducere a fost asigurată de Centrul de Traduceri pentru Organismele Uniunii Europene.SK - Preklad vyhotovilo Prekladateľské stredisko pre orgány Európskej únie.SL - Prevod je zagotovil Prevajalski center za organe Evropske unije.SV - Den här översättningen har utförts av Översättningscentrum för Europeiska unionens organ. |
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| 18/12/2014 | 2014/1378 | Opinion- Investment-based crowdfunding | Innovation and Products | Opinion | PDF 460.92 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 this document. | |||
| 07/02/2014 | 2014/146 | MiFID practices for firms selling complex products | MiFID - Investor Protection, Warnings and publications for investors | Opinion | PDF 122.37 KB |
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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. | |||
| 01/07/2015 | 2015/1015 | ESMA assessment of Israeli laws and regulations on prospectuses | Corporate Disclosure | Opinion | PDF 173.89 KB |
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| 05/10/2015 | 2015/1415 | ESMA Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures | Corporate Disclosure, Guidelines and Technical standards | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 252.43 KB |
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| 25/09/2015 | 2015/1462 | ESMA opinion on accounting for Deposit Guarantee Scheme | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Opinion | PDF 127.91 KB |
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| 28/07/2020 | ESMA22-105-1208 | ESMA Opinion on 2018 Discharge Report of EP | Corporate Information | Opinion | PDF 92.69 KB |
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| 27/05/2021 | ESMA22-105-1363 | ESMA OPINION ON 2019 DISCHARGE REPORT OF EP | Board of Supervisors, Corporate Information | Opinion | PDF 87.37 KB |
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| 25/07/2022 | ESMA24-436-1333 | ESMA Opinion on 2020 Discharge Report | Board of Supervisors, Corporate Information | Opinion | PDF 103.55 KB |
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| 04/02/2020 | ESMA32-50-218 | Guidelines on enforcement of financial information | Transparency | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 332.95 KB |
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| 05/02/2021 | ESMA33-128-1001 | Guidelines on portability of information between securitisation repositories under the Securitisation Regulation | Securitisation | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 194.41 KB |
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| 31/01/2019 | ESMA33-128-600 | ESMA Opinion on securitisation RTS | Securitisation | Opinion | PDF 4.02 MB |
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| 05/11/2020 | ESMA34-39-992 | Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs | Fund Management, Guidelines and Technical standards, Supervisory convergence | Guidelines & Recommendations | PDF 224.69 KB |
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| 13/07/2017 | ESMA35-43-762 | Opinion to support supervisory convergence in the area of investment firms in the context of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union | Brexit, MiFID - Investor Protection, Supervisory convergence | Opinion | PDF 236.23 KB |