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05/11/2013 | 2013/1582 | ESMA–Issues and Priorities, EFAMA Management Forum, Brussels- Steven Maijoor ESMA Chair | Speeches | Speech | PDF 114.57 KB |
ESMA – Issues and Priorities EFAMA Management Forum, Brussels Steven Maijoor, European Securities and Markets Authority Chair | |||
11/11/2013 | 2013/1637 | Keynote Speech at Financial Reporting Outlook (Ernst & Young) Conference, London | IFRS Supervisory Convergence, Speeches | Speech | PDF 167.91 KB |
Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), delivered the keynote speech at the Ernst & Young Financial Reporting Outlook Conference in London. |
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11/03/2013 | 2013/279 | "Regulation of systemically important financial institutions and of the shadow banking system"- speech by Steven Maijoor, Chair, at the CDU/CSU congress in Berlin | Corporate Information, Speeches | Speech | PDF 102.94 KB |
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11/03/2013 | 2013/279 | Regulation of systemically important financial institutions and of the shadow banking system | Speeches | Speech | PDF 102.94 KB |
Regulation of systemically important financial institutions and of the shadow banking system - speech by Steven Maijoor, Chair, at the CDU/CSU congress in Berlin |
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27/03/2013 | 2013/428 | "EMIR: A Fair Price for Safety and Transparency"- speech by Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, at the EMIR conference in the Hague | Speeches | Speech | PDF 113.31 KB |
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27/03/2013 | 2013/428 | EMIR: A Fair Price for Safety and Transparency | Post Trading, Speeches | Speech | PDF 113.31 KB |
EMIR: A Fair Price for Safety and Transparency - speech by Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, at the EMIR conference in the Hague |
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26/04/2013 | 2013/514 | Towards an EU-Securities Market: Challenges for Banks. ESMA Executive Director, Verena Ross | Speeches | Speech | PDF 84.88 KB |
25 April 2013, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels European Banking Federation Conference – National Bank of Belgium | |||
24/05/2013 | 2013/603 | ESAs—Achievement and Challenges, by Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA | Corporate Information, Speeches | Speech | PDF 87.87 KB |
ESAs – Achievement and Challenges Public Hearing on Financial Supervision in the EU 24 May 2013, Brussels Speech by Steven Maijoor, Chair |
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19/06/2013 | 2013/797 | Keynote Speech- ISLA 22nd Annual Conference, Prague- Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair | Speeches | Speech | PDF 109.99 KB |
Keynote Speech - ISLA 22nd Annual International Securities Lending Conference 19 June 2013, Prague Speech by Steven Maijoor, Chair | |||
27/06/2013 | 2013/826 | Keynote Speech- FESE Convention 2013, Berlin- Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair | Speeches | Speech | PDF 184.01 KB |
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15/10/2014 | 2014/1265 | Keynote Speech- Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, at La Nueva Financiera Regulacion, Madrid | Speeches | Speech | PDF 154.55 KB |
Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, delivered a keynote speech at CNMV Conference La Nueva Financiera Regulacion in Madrid. His speech focused on the ESAs role in financial consumer protection:Exerpt "The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) – work on improving consumer protection by contributing to a higher degree of regulatory and supervisory convergence across EU financial markets and securing cross-border coordination. We do this primarily by enhancing investor protection when creating the single rulebook for EU financial markets, but also by more direct measures such as issuing EU-wide investor warnings.Indeed, ESMA plays a key role in the completion of EU financial markets legislation developed by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Two legislative acts are currently high on our agenda in this respect – and I guess also high on the agenda of many people in the audience here today – that I must speak about them: PRIIPs and the MiFID review." | |||
05/11/2014 | 2014/1333 | Asset management – The regulatory challenges ahead- Steven Maijoor at EFAMA Investment Management Forum | Speeches | Speech | PDF 186.09 KB |
Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, delivered the keynote speech at EFAMA's Investment Management Forum in Brussels. His speech focused on the regulatory challenges ahead for the asset management sector. "It is very good to be back again at this important event. Before coming here today I had the chance to surf the EFAMA website and it struck me that your website is as overrun as ESMA’s website is with the many well-known European acronyms that have become part of our standard vocabulary in financial markets. This observation also made it clear to me that the topics that keep both our organisations busy are very similar. Given the current activities of ESMA, you probably expect me to structure my contribution according to these acronyms and inform you on all of our current regulatory work that is relevant for the asset management sector. However, I would like to start first with an economic perspective on asset management, but let me assure you that later in my contribution I will not disappoint you and will refer to AIFMD, MIFID, UCITS and PRIIPs." | |||
06/11/2014 | 2014/1339 | Capital Markets Union: building competitive, efficient capital markets trusted by investors | Corporate Information, Speeches | Speech | PDF 124.34 KB |
Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, spoke at the joint EU Commission/Italian Presidency Growth for Finance Conference in Brussels - " Excerpts "Following its launch by President Juncker in July 2014, the Capital Markets Union (CMU) is now a concept under construction and I am very happy to have been invited to contribute today to its development. When doing so, we should remember the clear objective from President Juncker who stated that the CMU should maximise the benefits of capital markets and non-bank financial institutions for the real economy. "Despite the many efforts of the past four decades, and the good results achieved, the EU capital market is still fragmented which limits its potential. For example, an institutional investor wanting to invest in a mid-sized company will still have a strong bias towards companies in its own Member-State. There are transactions not happening that otherwise would be beneficial both for the investor and the company because of this home bias. The reason for this stems from a complex set of barriers relating to such issues as transparency of Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs), differences in their governance and cross-border differences in the ownership of shares. In sum, we are only halfway there. While the EU capital market has integrated steadily in the past four decades it is not yet comparable with, for example, the US capital market. With a five year time-horizon in mind, what is needed to achieve a strong and integrated capital market to increase capital availability and to support economic growth in all 28 Member States? In my view, there are four main building blocks: (1) greater diversity in funding; (2) increasing the efficiency of capital markets; (3) strengthening and harmonisation of supervision; and (4) increasing the attractiveness of capital markets both for EU investors and for investors from outside the Union. "The CMU should be based on an accelerated integration of the capital markets of the 28 Member States. The end goal should be a CMU that is competitive, efficient and that provides a wide range of funding channels. Above all, it should be trusted by investors." | |||
19/11/2014 | 2014/1382 | Regulatory measures to prevent another crisis- speech by Steven Maijoor | Corporate Information, Speeches | Speech | PDF 226.16 KB |
Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA, gave the keynote speech at the "Regulatory measures to prevent another crisis?" event organised by the CFA Institute in Brussels, Belgium. | |||
27/11/2014 | 2014/1434 | Henri Sijthoff Prijs 2014- keynote speech by Steven Maijoor | Speeches | Speech | PDF 214.34 KB |
Steven Maijoor delivered the key note speech of the 2014 Henri Sijthoff award in Amsterdam. In his speech Mr Maijoor focuses on how the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the consolidated financial statements of companies listed on EU regulated markets since 2005 has contributed to the quality of financial reporting and to the development of the EU Single Market. Looking ahead, Mr Maijoor focuses on three challenges the need for companies to provide investors with clear and consistent information and to continue the efforts towards global adoption whilst regretting that there is limited prospect for broad adoption by the United States of America (USA) and Japan, two countries playing an important role in regulating international financial markets. Thirdly, Mr Maijoor emphasises that the consistent application of IFRS is essential within a Single Market; this can be achieved through equipping national supervisory authorities with sufficient and similar tools to detect and remedy non-compliance with IFRS principles but also the need for a new instrument that would allow to intervene when a national authority would diverge from the views of its EU peers. | |||
12/12/2014 | 2014/1434 EN | Henri Sijthoff Prijs 2014- keynote speech by Steven Maijoor | Speeches | Speech | PDF 211.01 KB |
Steven Maijoor delivered the key note speech of the 2014 Henri Sijthoff award in Amsterdam. This is the translation of the speech. In his speech Mr Maijoor focuses on how the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the consolidated financial statements of companies listed on EU regulated markets since 2005 has contributed to the quality of financial reporting and to the development of the EU Single Market. Looking ahead, Mr Maijoor focuses on three challenges the need for companies to provide investors with clear and consistent information and to continue the efforts towards global adoption whilst regretting that there is limited prospect for broad adoption by the United States of America (USA) and Japan, two countries playing an important role in regulating international financial markets. Thirdly, Mr Maijoor emphasises that the consistent application of IFRS is essential within a Single Market; this can be achieved through equipping national supervisory authorities with sufficient and similar tools to detect and remedy non-compliance with IFRS principles but also the need for a new instrument that would allow to intervene when a national authority would diverge from the views of its EU peers. | |||
09/12/2014 | 2014/1474 | Investor Protection and an integrated EU Capital Market- Steven Maijoor address to DSW/Better Finance for All Conference | Speeches | Speech | PDF 128.88 KB |
Steven Maijoor spoke at the DSW/Better Finance for All International Investors Conference in Wiesbaden on 9 December. His speech focused on two closely interlinked topics, namely the enhancement of the level of protection offered to investors and the accelerated harmonisation and integration of EU capital markets. | |||
18/12/2014 | 2014/1575 | Keynote Address to ICI Global Trading and Market Structure Conference, London- Verena Ross | Speeches | Speech | PDF 226.33 KB |
Verena Ross, ESMA Executive Director, addressed the ICI GLobal Trading and Market Structure Conference in London on 9 December 2014 on the topics of MiFID II and trade reporting issues. | |||
13/02/2014 | 2014/175 | ESMA Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Consultation Paper | PDF 319.12 KB |
Reasons for publication In October 2005, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), ESMA’s predecessor body, published a Recommendation on Alternative Performance Measures (“CESR Recommendation” CESR/05-178b). The CESR Recommendation was issued mainly in order to reinforce the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards. Given the CESR Recommendation has now been in force for more than 8 years, ESMA has decided to review it with the objective of strengthening the principles contained in it. ESMA now plans to re-issue the principles as ESMA [draft] guidelines thus ensuring that issuers and NCAs will make every effort to com-ply with them. Contents ESMA is issuing this Consultation Paper (CP) to inform market participants about the background to its decision to revise the CESR Recommendation and seek their views on such revision. Section II “Introduction” indicates the reasons for which ESMA believes that these [draft] guidelines on APMs should be issued. Section III “Scope and purpose of the [draft] guidelines” indicates when the [draft] guidelines apply and how these [draft] guidelines interact with financial statements. Section IV “Compliance and reporting obligations” describes how issuers and NCAs should comply with the [draft] guidelines. Section V “[Draft] Guidelines on APMs (Background)” describes the rationale followed in preparing the [draft] guidelines and explanations on the principles provided, which are included in full in Annex III. ESMA would appreciate any comments and answers from stakeholders on the questions contained in the consultation paper. For your convenience, the questions are summarised in annex II. Next steps ESMA will consider the feedback it receives to this consultation in 2014 and expects to publish final guide-lines in the fourth quarter of 2014. |
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25/02/2014 | 2014/224 | Liquidity and new financial market regulation, European Market Liquidity Conference (AFME), London- Verena Ross, Executive Director | Speeches | Speech | PDF 216.6 KB |