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ESMA delays Category 3 EMIR phase in deadline
16 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has offered respite to ‘Category 3’ firms struggling to comply with European Market Infrastructure Regulation implementation burdens...

ESMA focusing on MiFID II for 2017
17 October 2017 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

MiFIR and MiFID II will be a key priority for the European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) over the next year, according to the association’s 2017 work programme...

AIFMs’ queries on SFTR answered
07 October 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has continued its campaign for clarity around the SFTR, responding to a request for clarification on its effect on alternative investment fund managers...

ESMA bows to market pressure on SFTR
03 October 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has avoided creating a “major liquidity issue” by revising the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation’s collateral reporting rules...

WFE: blockchain regs must align globally
05 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has warned global regulators of the need for consistency in any future regulations on distributed ledger technology...

Julius Baer loses custody head in regional shake-up
20 July 2016 Vienna
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Julius Baer Group has re-shuffled its regional structure, a move that has ultimately led to the resignation of the bank’s head of global custody...

ESMA issues non-EU AIFMD passport advice
19 July 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has issued additional advice on application of the AIFMD marketing passport for non-EU markets, finding issues outstanding for the US, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man...

ESMA invites comment on blockchain potential
03 June 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a distribution paper and public consultation on the potential usefulness of distributed ledger technology in securities markets...

EU confirms one-year delay to MiFID II
19 May 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deadlines for the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive have been officially pushed back...

European CCPs in ESMA stress test success
03 May 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

European central counterparties are generally well equipped to manage extreme negative developments in the market, according to the first ESMA EU-wide stress test report...

KNEIP: PRIIPS implementation time too tight
18 April 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

As many as 95 percent of affected firms are “concerned” about the time scale of implementation of the PRIIPs regulation, according to a KNEIP survey...

ESMA: No need for delay access rules for ETDs
13 April 2016 paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has said there is no need to exclude exchange-traded derivatives from the rules around non-discriminatory access to central counterparties under MiFID II and MiFIR...