ESMA consults on future reporting rules for securities financing transactions LeapRate

September 30, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on future reporting rules for securities financing transactions

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a consultation paper on draft technical standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of shadow banking activities. Securities financing transactions (SFTs) are transactions where securities are used to borrow cash (or other higher investment-grade securities), or vice versa –…

February 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

ESMA to cooperate with South African regulators on CCPs

The Financial Services Board (FSB) of South Africa today announced it established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). This MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and authorized or recognized in South Africa, and which…

December 07, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

ESMA extends Greek bank share short selling ban to December 21

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion agreeing with Greek regulator HCMC that a short selling ban on shares in five Greek banks should be extended. The original ban, which covered shares in Alpha Bank A.E., Attica Bank S.A., National Bank of Greece S.A., Eurobank Ergasias S.A., and Piraeus Bank S.A., expired…

November 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ESMA agrees to extend short selling ban on shares in five Greek banks

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) last night published an opinion agreeing with Greek regulator HCMC that a short selling ban on shares in five Greek banks should be extended. The previous ban, which covered shares in Alpha Bank A.E., Attica Bank S.A., National Bank of Greece S.A., Eurobank Ergasias S.A., and Piraeus Bank…

March 19, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ESMA sees increased convergence in automated trading supervision

An official notice was released this week from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). It states that the supervision of automated trading has become more convergent across the European Union (EU), in which a recent review by the pan-European regulator headquartered in Paris has found. ESMA reviewed how the 30 national competent authorities (NCAs)…

March 05, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ESMA and RBA conclude MoU on access to data held in trade repositories

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow RBA to have access to data held in European Trade repositories according to its mandate. The MoU is effective as of February 18th, 2015. The ESMA-RBA MoU is the second cooperation arrangement…

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