The European Union’s financial markets watchdog has published a guide to post-trade transparency requirements and guidance regarding how to apply commitments under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation in a consistent way
EFAMA has called for more time to implement changes and for more consistency with existing policy
The EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor aims to assess the compliance of supervised asset managers with relevant provisions of SFDR, the Taxonomy Regulation, UCITS and AIFMD
ESMA has submitted to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission its second report on national rules governing the marketing of investment funds
The proposed law aims to reduce the financial and regulatory burden on central securities depositories and improve their ability to operate across borders, while also strengthening financial stability
The EU securities market regulator focuses on fostering effective markets and financial stability, strengthening EU financial supervision and improving protection for retail investors in its 2023-28 data programme
The publication is part of the European Supervisory Authorities’ efforts to ensure a high-level understanding of greenwashing across the financial industry
In line with ESMA’s legal mandate under EMIR, this exercise will assess the resilience of CCPs to adverse market shocks and the danger that failure of a CCP or clearing member can propagate risk across the financial system
Jack McRae speaks to a number of European fund administrators on how they are addressing some of the challenges facing the industry
Charlie Geffen, head of the UK’s Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, updates AST on the group’s progress so far
Market participants offer their predictions for what should be an eventful year
Nicky Dalgleish, vice president of business governance for investor communication solutions at Broadridge, discusses what the ESMA and EBA publication on SRD II means for the industry
XReg’s Siân Jones and Ana James explain that there will be an increase in regulation as the use and significance of digital assets and their underlying technology increases
Andrew Barnett, global head of product strategy at RIMES DATA, says that although technology will play a huge part in future data management solutions, it is not always the silver bullet
Tom Harry of MTS discusses SFTR, the challenges that come with it and what is required from firms involved
Valentino Wotton of DTCC discusses the ways in which derivative markets have become more transparent since the financial crisis
Proposed changes to AIFMD — to be known as AIFMD II — are expected to be approved later this year, having been put forward in draft form last November by the European Commission. Jersey Finance’s Elliot Refson highlights why some jurisdictions are set to fare better from the upcoming Directive more than others
In a post-Brexit world, could Germany take the UK’s crown in gaining the status of the EU financial hub?
Although there are complications, Brexit is yet to slow the growth of Paris’s asset servicing and technological innovation
No nation is an island, and the Polish CSD has post-trade services to cater to all of Central and Eastern Europe, says KDPW’s Iwona Sroka