Investors should join forces to demand better sell-side research
A new survey draws attention to widespread flaws in sell-side research. But the advent of MiFID II may provide an opportunity for investors to push for change, write Steve Waygood and Anita Skipper.
ESMA review finds good supervision of CCPs’ default management
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the results of a peer review it conducted into how national competent authorities (NCAs) ensure that central counterparties (CCPs) comply with requirements under the European Markets Infrastructure (...)
ESMA sees valuation risk at highest levels due to financial weakness and geopolitical uncertainty
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)’s latest report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No. 2, 2017 (TRV) identifies high asset price valuations as the major risk for European financial markets in the second half of (...)
ESMA issues sector-specific principles on relocations from the UK to the EU27
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published three Opinions setting out sector-specific principles in the areas of investment firms, investment management and secondary markets, aimed at fostering consistency in authorisation, supervision and (...)
ESMA consults on the evaluation of the short-selling regulation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issues today a public consultation regarding its future technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR)...
NYSE BondMatch, the new Multilateral Trading Facility
NYSE BondMatch will enable professional investors to trade more than 1,800 international corporate, financial and covered bonds on a transparent order book with firm orders...
Sélection 1818: the new platform dedicated to independent financial advisors
Banque Privée 1818 and Rothschild & Cie Banque have signed the final agreement for the creation of their common platform dedicated to independent financial advisors, born out of the merger of Sélection R and 1818 (...)
T2S will provide a single technical platform for processing settlement instructions, in a harmonised manner, for 28 CSDs in Europe, in different currencies and at the same price for both domestic and cross-border (...)