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Guernsey extends market access to EU
14 September 2015 Guernsey
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Guernsey has extended market access to EU alternative investment funds and managers doing business in Guernsey...

Alternatives on the up in Jersey
28 August 2015 Jersey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Jersey has seen an increase in alternative funds marketed in to Europe through its national private placement regime, with the number exceeding 200 for the first time...

ESMA proposes big changes to EMIR
14 August 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published new advice on changes to the European Markets and Infrastructure Regime...

ESMA issues advice on CSDR settlement fails
10 August 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued its technical advice on appropriate penalties for settlement fails under the central securities depository regulation...

Industry bodies criticise ESMA passport delay
03 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA should be making faster progress in extending its pan-European passport to alternative investment fund managers in non-EU jurisdictions, according to the AIMA...

Singapore approves Deutsche Börse clearing house
24 July 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Börse has been granted regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate Eurex Clearing Asia...

ESMA on track with MiFID and MiFIR standards
02 July 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued its final report the majority of the draft technical standards required for MiFID II and MiFIR...

ESMA delays final CSDR technical standards
22 June 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has delayed its draft technical standards for the CSDR in a letter dated the day before the standards were originally due...

AIFs at risk from asset segregation
11 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset segregation as proposed under AIFMD will compromise tri-party collateral management and securities lending, according to Ross Whitehill, managing director of BNY Mellon Markets Group...

ESMA approves APAC clearing houses
30 April 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has recognised ten third-party CCPs in the APAC region, allowing them to provide clearing services to members or trading venues in the EU...

ESMA in a pickle over buy-ins
25 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The mandatory buy-in regime present in the CSDR is “an interesting conundrum” for the ESMA, according to chair Steven Maijoor...

Clarus calls for EMIR debate
25 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Clarus Financial Technology is pushing for greater debate around the format and extent of data made public on reporting under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...