ESMA_QA_823
Topic
Information to clients on topics other than costs and charges
23/09/2022
Subject Matter
Investor protection and marketing communication
Question
Can a CSP prevent a prospective non-sophisticated investor or non-sophisticated investor from investing on the basis of the result of the simulation of the ability to bear loss referred to in Article 21(5) of the ECSPR.
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_1317
Topic
Ancillary activity
23/09/2022
Subject Matter
Scope of the ancillary activity test
Question
Is a third-country firm (or a third-country subsidiary of an EU firm) dealing on an EU trading venue in commodity derivatives or emission allowances or derivatives thereof in scope of the Ancillary Activity test as per CDR 2021/1833?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets
ESMA_QA_1315
Topic
Ancillary activity
23/09/2022
Subject Matter
Simplified approach for regulatory capital requirements
Question
CDR 2021/1833 refers only to Article 360 of the CRR, while the ‘simplified approach for calculating regulatory capital requirements’ is contained in CRR Articles 357, 358 and 360. Is the text in CDR 2021/1833 self-contained or should firms refer to the whole of CRR?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets
ESMA_QA_1533
Topic
Position reporting
23/09/2022
Subject Matter
Position reporting
Question
Where an NFE trades only, or partly, for hedging purposes, can every transaction be reported as being for speculative purposes? Can on-venue liquidity provision be also reported as being for speculative purposes?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets
ESMA_QA_1311
Topic
Ancillary activity
23/09/2022
Subject Matter
Calculation of denominator
Question
Should the denominator in the capital employed test under Article 5(4) of CDR 2021/1833 be calculated using consolidated accounts? Should firms use capital on a worldwide basis or just capital employed within the EU?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets