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22/06/2012 2012/382 MiFID Q&A in the area of investor protection and intermediaries MiFID - Investor Protection Q&A PDF
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10/06/2013 2013/619 Annex II Comparative table of responses from EEA States Prospectus Report PDF
2.15 MB
10/06/2013 2013/619 Annex III Individual responses from EEA States Prospectus Report PDF
2.63 MB
2013-619_report_liability_regimes_under_the_prospectus_directive_published_on_website.pdf
01/07/2015 2015/1005 Questions and Answers: Investment-based crowdfunding: money laundering/terrorist financing Innovation and Products Q&A PDF
157.73 KB
01/04/2016 2016/419 Q&A Market Abuse Directive Market Abuse Q&A PDF
175.08 KB
13/07/2016 2016/1130 Final Report on the Market Abuse Regulation Guidelines Market Abuse, Market Integrity Report PDF
852.59 KB
28/07/2016 2016/1170 Report on EEA prospectus activity in 2015 Corporate Disclosure, Prospectus Report PDF
674.63 KB
11/01/2017 ESMA42-1643088512-2962 ESMA42-1643088512-2962 Follow-up Report to the Peer Review on Best Execution MiFID - Investor Protection, MiFID - Secondary Markets, Supervisory convergence Report PDF
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31/03/2017 ESMA35-36-794 Q&A Relating to the provision of CFDs and other speculative products to retail investors under MiFID MiFID - Investor Protection Q&A PDF
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05/04/2017 ESMA31-54-435 Report on shareholder identification and communication systems Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance Report PDF
1.09 MB
07/06/2017 ESMA50-158-457 ESMA response to the Commission Consultation Paper on Fintech: A more competitive and innovative financial sector Innovation and Products Report PDF
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  1. ESMA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Commission Consultation paper on Fintech: a more competitive and innovative financial sector (hereafter “the Consultation”).
  2. Fintech and, technological innovation in general, have been the drivers of a number of developments in the financial sector in recent years. Indeed, new forms of services and businesses such as automated advice or crowdfunding have emerged. ESMA sees these developments as a positive evolution as long as they are aimed at improving consumer financial experience and facilitate financial inclusion. ESMA would also want to stress that it adheres to the core principles (technological neutrality, proportionality and market integrity) highlighted by the Commission and agrees that any EU policies aiming to ensure the financial sector takes advantage of cutting-edge technologies, while remaining sound and safe for investors, need to integrate these principles.
  3. In this response, ESMA wishes to share with the Commission some reflections on a number of topics mentioned in the Consultation which appear relevant to ESMA:
    • Artificial intelligence and big data analytics for automated advice and businesses;
    • Crowdfunding;
    • Reg Tech;
    • Outsourcing and cloud computing;
    • Distributed ledger technology;
    • Role of regulation and supervisors; and
    • Role of industry: standards and interoperability
03/07/2017 ESMA31-62-746 EEA prospectus activity in 2016 Corporate Finance, Prospectus Report PDF
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01/06/2018 ESMA50-162-214 Product Intervention Analysis Binary Options MiFID - Investor Protection, Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Report PDF
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01/06/2018 ESMA50-162-215 Product Intervention Analysis CFDs MiFID - Investor Protection, Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Report PDF
1.26 MB
24/07/2018 ESMA42-111-4653 Follow-up Report to the Peer Review on MiFID Suitability Requirements MiFID - Investor Protection Report PDF
435.05 KB
09/11/2018 ESMA35-36-1262 Technical Q&As on product intervention measures on CFDs and binary options MiFID - Investor Protection Q&A PDF
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07/01/2019 JC 2018 74 Joint ESA report on Regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs Innovation and Products, Joint Committee Report PDF
478.79 KB
09/01/2019 ESMA50-157-1391 Advice on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets Innovation and Products Report PDF
882.48 KB
16/01/2019 ESMA70-145-1184 Report Application Accepted Market Practices Market Abuse, Market Integrity Report PDF
1.68 MB
29/03/2019 ESMA70-145-111 Q&A on the Market Abuse Regulation Market Abuse, Market Integrity Q&A PDF
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The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of MAR and its implementing measures. It does this by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities in relation to the practical application of the MAR framework

The content of this document is aimed at competent authorities to ensure that in their supervisory activities and their actions are converging along the lines of the responses adopted by ESMA and at helping issuers, investors and other market participants by providing clarity on the content of the market abuse rules, rather than creating an extra layer of requirements.

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