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Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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15/11/2018 | ESMA70-145-1081 | Annual report on administrative and criminal sanctions and other administrative measures under MAR | Market Abuse, Market Integrity | Annual Report | PDF 158.47 KB |
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23/11/2021 | ESMA70-156-4673 | Annual Report on MAR administrative and criminal sanctions 2021 | Market Abuse | Annual Report | PDF 338.34 KB |
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28/03/2019 | ESMA90-1-83 | Brexit Update March 2019 | Brexit, Credit Rating Agencies, MiFID - Secondary Markets, MiFID II: Transparency Calculations and DVC, Post Trading, Trade Repositories | Statement | PDF 121.13 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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26/03/2020 | ESMA80-191-995 | COVID-19 Public Statement | COVID-19, Securities Financing Transactions | Statement | PDF 113.93 KB |
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27/01/2022 | JC 2022 02 | ESAs welcome ESRB Recommendation on a pan-European systemic cyber incident coordination framework for relevant authorities | Innovation and Products, Joint Committee | Statement | PDF 244.55 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 | 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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23/05/2018 | ESMA71-99-979 | ESMA appoints new chair to its Committee of Economic and Markets’ Analysis | Innovation and Products, Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors | Statement | PDF 209.05 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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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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06/05/2020 | ESMA71-99-1321 | ESMA registers SFTR TRs | Press Releases, Securities Financing Transactions, Trade Repositories | Statement | PDF 95.4 KB |
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14/03/2022 | ESMA71-99-1864 | ESMA Statement on Ukraine | Benchmarks, Board of Supervisors, CCP Directorate, Corporate Disclosure, Credit Rating Agencies, Fund Management, Market Abuse, Market Integrity, MiFID - Secondary Markets, Post Trading, Press Releases, Trade Repositories, Trading | Statement | PDF 93.35 KB |
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09/03/2020 | ESMA80-199-332 | ESMA Supervision- Annual Report 2019 and Work Programme 2020 | Benchmarks, Credit Rating Agencies, Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation, Trade Repositories | Annual Report | PDF 825.72 KB |
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19/02/2013 | 2013/84 | Feedback statement on the consultation regarding the role of the proxy advisory industry | Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance | Statement | PDF 559.31 KB |
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12/11/2013 | 2013/1642 | Information on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive | Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance | Statement | PDF 321.63 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a statement on practices governed by the Takeover Bid Directive (TBD), focused on shareholder cooperation issues relating to acting in concert and the appointment of board members. The statement contains a White List of activities that shareholders can cooperate on without the presumption of acting in concert. It also contains information on how shareholders may cooperate in order to secure board member appointments by setting out factors that national authorities may take into account when considering whether shareholders are acting in concert. The statement is in response to a request by the European Commission for clarity on these issues, following its 2012 report on the application of the TBD. It is based on information collected about the TBD’s application and common practices across the European Economic Area (EEA). The statement was prepared by the Takeover Bids Network, a permanent working group, under ESMA’s auspices, that promotes the exchange of information on practices and application of the TBD across EEA. | |||
27/02/2020 | ESMA/2014/677-REV | Information on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive | Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance | Statement | PDF 368.97 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an update to its statement on practices governed by the Takeover Bid Directive (TBD), focused on shareholder cooperation issues relating to acting in concert and the appointment of board members. The update concerns a change to the Croatian creep-in threshold and secondary threshold in Appendix B. The statement contains a White List of activities that shareholders can cooperate on without the presumption of acting in concert. It also contains information on how shareholders may cooperate in order to secure board member appointments by setting out factors that national authorities may take into account when considering whether shareholders are acting in concert.The statement is in response to a request by the European Commission for clarity on these issues, following its 2012 report on the application of the TBD. It is based on information collected about the TBD’s application and common practices across the European Economic Area (EEA). The statement was prepared by the Takeover Bids Network, a permanent working group, under ESMA’s auspices, that promotes the exchange of information on practices and application of the TBD across EEA. |
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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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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. | |||
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 |