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ESMA appoints Verena Ross as new chair
15 October 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

German national Ross served as ESMA executive director from 2011 to 2021 and previously held regulatory positions in London

EACH responds to ESMA’s EMIR consultation
01 October 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EACH believes guidance is needed for valuation reporting considering the importance of monitoring systemic risk in the financial system

Mark Husler leaves UnaVista for property management role
29 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Mark Husler, managing director and CEO of UnaVista, has stepped down from his role to become managing director of property development company, NovaVita

ESMA prioritises sustainability, CMU and digitalisation for 2022
28 September 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator takes on new supervisory powers for benchmarks and data service providers and will concentrate on building a single rulebook and promoting its role as an EU capital markets data hub

ESMA recommends delaying buy-in rules
27 September 2021 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The EU regulator has written to the European Commission urging it to reconsider a delay of the mandatory buy-in regime

UnaVista fined for EMIR data failures
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA has fined UnaVista Limited, the London-based trade repository, €238,500 for failing to ensure data integrity and failing to provide direct and immediate access for regulators to trade data through its EMIR reporting service

Trade associations call for EC equivalence extension for UK CCPs
17 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This equivalence decision is set to expire on 30 June, but the associations request that the EC provide clarity as soon as possible and well in advance of March 2022

ESMA: European Commission “needs to clarify certain aspects of CSDR”
09 August 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA has spoken to National Competent Authorities and other relevant market players about their plans to use DLT for securities services in the coming future

Dan Houlihan departs Northern Trust
03 August 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dan Houlihan has left Northern Trust as head of asset servicing

ESMA publishes MIFID II/MIFIR annual review report
28 July 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has advised the European Commission to move to stage three of the phase-in for the transparency requirements for RTS 2 under MiFID II/MiFIR suitability requirements

Joint Associations (again) request clarification on CSDR mandatory buy-ins
15 July 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

Letter from trade associations recommends that mandatory buy-in rules be “disapplied” from SDR provisions to come into force by February 2022

James von Moltke appointed chair of Euro risk-free rates working group
02 July 2021 Euro area
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA says that Deutsche Bank’s von Moltke will take over from ING’s Tanate Phutrakul in leading the EUR RFR group