ESMA reports on EU accounting enforcement in 2016 LeapRate

April 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA reports on EU accounting enforcement in 2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2016. ESMA, in 2016, continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting, to improve the consistency and quality across the EU. ESMA achieves this through coordinating…

April 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA issues final guidelines regarding circuit breakers under MiFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued the final report on the Guidelines regarding the calibration of circuit breakers and the publication of the trading halts under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). These Guidelines provide further detail on the parameters that trading venues should consider for the calibration of their…

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA sees increase in financial consumer complaints

The number of complaints regulators have received in the first half of 2016 by financial consumers has increased, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) says. ESMA’s recent report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities (TRV) reveals that the total number of complaints reported across the EU was 7,026 in 1H16 compared to 5,152 in 2H15.…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA sees relatively ample liquidity in sovereign bond markets

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) latest research piece on market liquidity published in its recent report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities (TRV) finds improved liquidity in European sovereign bonds markets. Episodes of short-term volatility and liquidity stress across several markets over the past few years have increased concerns about the worsening of secondary…

ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention CFDs measures

February 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA assesses DLT’s potential and interactions with EU rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a report on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The report sets out ESMA’s view on DLT, its possible applications, benefits, risks and how it maps to existing EU regulation. ESMA’s position is that regulatory action is premature at this stage, considering that the technology is still at…

January 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes extract on enforcement decisions on financial statements

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an extract from its confidential database of enforcement decisions on financial statements. The extract includes a selection of 14 decisions that were taken by national enforcers in the period from March 2014 to June 2016. ESMA is publishing extracts from its confidential database of enforcement decisions…

December 01, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA sees continued high levels of market risks

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) risk assessment has updated its Risk Dashboard for the third quarter of 2016. The overall assessment of risk levels in EU markets under ESMA’s remit, remains unchanged for the time being, characterised by continued very high credit and market risks. The risk outlook is stable across all risk…

October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA reports on shadow banking, leverage and pro-cyclicality

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a report on securities financing transactions (SFTs), leverage and pro-cyclicality in the EU’s financial markets. ESMA’s report assesses whether the use of SFTs leads to the build-up of leverage which is not yet addressed by existing regulation, how to tackle such build-up, and whether there…

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