ESMA_QA_1841
Topic
Information to clients on costs and charges
29/05/2023
Subject Matter
Information on cost and charges
Question
How to disclose cost information (in good time) to a client who places an order via telephone?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Investor Protection and Intermediaries
ESMA_QA_973
Topic
Best Execution
29/05/2023
Subject Matter
Classification of NON EU instruments in RTS28 report
Question
For RTS28 report, we classify the instruments using:

• the cficode of Firds to classify the instruments in Equities – Shares & Depositary Receipts, Debt instruments, Interest rates derivatives …
• the volumes of Fitrs to classify the Equities – Shares & Depositary Receipts in subassets ( (i) Tick size liquidity bands 5 and 6 (from 2000 trades per day), (ii) Tick size liquidity bands 3 and 4 (from 80 to 1999 trades per day) (iii), Tick size liquidity band 1 and 2 (from 0 to 79 trades per day))

How should we classify non – EU instruments that are not present in Firds and Fitrs?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Investor Protection and Intermediaries
ESMA_QA_971
Topic
Registration Document
26/05/2023
Subject Matter
Updating information in a universal registration document before it is part of a prospectus (Updated 09/09/2026)
Question
How should information in a universal registration document be updated before it is a constituent part of a prospectus? (Updated 09/09/2026)
Level 1 Regulation
Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129
ESMA_QA_924
Topic
Other issues (CCP)
15/05/2023
Subject Matter
Mark-To-Market value reporting
Question
How should the mark-to-market value of contracts for difference that are not cleared by a CCP be reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and standard 13 of the international financial reporting standards?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs
ESMA_QA_904
Topic
DLT Pilot Regime
11/05/2023
Subject Matter
Relevant Authorities
Question
Since most of the (potential) applicants aim to settle the “cash leg” of transactions with or as a DLT-SS / DLT-TSS using e-money tokens the question arises if Article 12(1) b) CSDR regarding the relevant authorities is applicable (“the central banks in the Union issuing the most relevant currencies in which settlement takes place”).
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2022/858 - DLT Pilot Regime Regulation (DLTR)