January 2016
Regulation ESMA issues MiFID II guidelines on cross-selling practices
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Guidelines on Cross-Selling Practices under MiFID II (guidelines) to ensure investors are treated fairly when an investment firm offers two or more financial products or services as part of a (...)
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December 2015
Regulation European swap clearing to start in June 2016
Firms will have to centrally clear certain classes of interest rate swaps starting from 21 June 2016. The clearing obligation in the Europe Union (EU) will enter into force following the publication of the relevant technical standards in the Official Journal on 1 December (...)
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November 2015
Regulation EDHEC Risk regrets that the future text on European regulation of benchmarks organises opacity in the index provision market
An agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on a Regulation of financial benchmarks was found in the night of November 24 to 25, 2015. Unfortunately, this agreement does not respond to the criticism that EDHEC Risk Institute had (...)
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November 2015
Regulation Global banks appear well-prepared to meet TLAC requirements
The Financial Stability Board also released details on total loss-absorbing capacity, or TLAC, requirements that all 30 G-SIBs will need to meet. The rule requires that a bank have sufficient amounts of debt that could be bailed in to recapitalize it in times of (...)
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November 2015
Regulation SNL Financial: German landesbanken inch toward long-overdue consolidation
With a little help from Brussels, Germany is beginning to think the unthinkable.
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October 2015
Regulation ESMA adds Index CDS to central clearing obligation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today finalised and issued a draft regulatory technical standard (RTS) for the central clearing of Credit Default Swaps (CDS), ESMA is required to develop RTS which implement the European Market Infrastructure (...)
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September 2015
Regulation ESMA readies MiFID II, MAR, and CSDR
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its final technical standards (TS) on some of the most important pieces of post-crisis financial regulation: the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID (...)
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September 2015
Regulation ESAs see continued risks in EU financial markets and call for rigorous action on assets and liabilities
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and occupational pensions (EIOPA) have today issued their August 2015 Joint Committee Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU financial (...)
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July 2015
Regulation ESMA consults on UCITS remuneration guidelines
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on proposed Guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the UCITS V Directive and AIFMD. The Directive includes rules that UCITS must comply with when establishing and applying a (...)
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March 2015
Regulation EDHEC-Risk Institute warns European Parliament on opacity in index regulation proposal
In an open letter addressed to the Chair of the European Parliament ECON committee, Roberto Gualtieri on February 20, 2015, EDHEC-Risk Institute has expressed its concern about the new draft text which is being proposed for a vote by the committee on March 9, which plans to (...)
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March 2015
Regulation ESMA publishes review on best execution supervisory practices under MiFID
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review on how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise and enforce the MiFID provisions relating to investment firms’ obligation to provide best execution, or obtain the (...)
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October 2014
Regulation ECB’s in-depth asset quality review shows banks need to take further action
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published the results of a thorough year-long examination of the resilience and positions of the 130 largest banks in the euro area as of 31 December 2013. The comprehensive assessment—which consisted of the asset quality review (AQR) (...)
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July 2014
Regulation ESMA publishes accounting enforcement guidelines
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final Guidelines on the enforcement of financial information published by listed entities in the European Union (EU). The aim of the guidelines is to strengthen and promote greater supervisory convergence (...)
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May 2014
Regulation ESMA approves EuroRating as a credit rating agency
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the registration of EuroRating Sp. z o.o., based in Poland, as a credit rating agency (CRA) under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The registration takes effect from 7 May (...)
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March 2014
Regulation ESMA issues good practices for structured retail product governance
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion on structured retail products, setting out good practices for firms when manufacturing and distributing these products.
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