European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)

128 results about this entity

Period: 17 Feb 2009 - 17 Dec 2024

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Esma releases last policy documents for MiCA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is publishing the last package of final reports containing regulatory technical standards and guidelines ahead of the full entry into application of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA).

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Esma calls for 2027 EU T+1 migration

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has called for the EU to migrate to a T+1 settlement cycle by October 2027, ensuring coordination with the UK.

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ESAs establish framework to strengthen coordination in case of systemic cyber incidents

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) will establish the EU systemic cyber incident coordination framework (EU-SCICF), in the context of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), that will facilitate an effective financial sector response to a cyber incident that poses a risk to financial stability, by strengthening the coordination among financial authorities and other relevant bodies in the European Union, as well as with key actors at international level.

Esma assesses market developments in DeFi and smart contracts

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets and securities regulator, today publishes two articles on decentralised finance (DeFi), one on developments and risks in the EU market and another on a methodology for the categorisation of smart contracts.

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AFME welcomes Esma Call for Evidence on shortening settlement cycles

In response to a Call for Evidence on shortening settlement cycles in the EU, published by ESMA today, Pete Tomlison, Director of Post Trade at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), said:

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Esma work programme to focus on digital change and the green transition

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial market regulator and supervisor, today publishes its work programme for 2024.

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Esma seeks feedback on crypto market rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published its first consultation package under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and invites comments from stakeholders by 20 September 2023.

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EU regulators present common understanding of greenwashing and warn on related risks

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published their progress Reports on greenwashing in the financial sector.

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Esma publihses opinion on market outages

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its final report including an Opinion on market outages, highlighting the importance for trading venues of having an appropriate outage plan to communicate to their members, participants, and the public.

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Esma consults on post-trade transparency

This Consultation Paper focuses on the new Level 3 guidance that will be included in the manual which is meant to provide further clarifications on:

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Esma recommends use of DTI codes for digital asset regulatory reporting

ISO-standard DTI codes, issued by the DTI Foundation, have been recommended by ESMA for use under its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Pilot regulatory regime.

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Esma issues LEI positioning statement

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, issues a third statement on the implementation of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requirements for third-country issuers under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting regime.