Open Hearing on Benchmarks Regulation
Auditorium, ESMA, 103 Rue de Grenelle – 75007, Paris
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will hold an open hearing on its Discussion Paper published on the 15th of February 2016 on Regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (Benchmarks Regulation).
The Discussion Paper seeks the views of interested parties on ESMA’s policy orientations and initial proposals for the potential Level 2 measures under the Benchmarks Regulation. These measures should take the form of delegated acts of the Commission and ESMA draft technical standards
This hearing will be of interest to all administrators of benchmarks and to any investor dealing with financial instruments and financial contracts whose value is determined by a benchmark or with investment funds whose performances are measured by means of a benchmark.