The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a call for evidence on certain investor protection topics included in the EC mandate to ESMA on the reports to be submitted by the EC under Article 90 of MiFID II.

Article 90 of MiFID II provides that the Commission shall, after consulting ESMA, present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on, inter alia, the impact of the inducements disclosure requirements under MiFID II. In line with the European Commission mandate to ESMA, the call for...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets’ regulator, has published today its first report concerning sanctions and measures imposed under MiFID II by National Competent Authorities (NCAs). 

NCAs are required under MiFID II to provide ESMA with aggregated information on all sanctions and measures imposed annually. As MiFID II only entered into force on 3 January 2018, and later in some jurisdictions, data on sanctions and measures taken in 2018 is limited. For this reason, ESMA...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets’ regulator, has today issued a positive opinion on product intervention measures taken by the National Competent Authority (NCA) of the Czech Republic.

ESMA’s has issued an opinion on national product intervention measures from:

• The Česká Národní Banka of the Czech Republic (CNB) -
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