Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report and press release, providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on narrowing the scope of the Central Securities Depositories...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published two final reports providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC). The final report on prospectus regulation forms part of ESMA's technical advice...more
On 12 June 2025, ESMA published its Final Report on the more detailed content requirements of the changes introduced by the EU Listing Act to the EU Prospectus Regulation, including in relation to the standardised format and...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a call for evidence (CfE), accompanied by a press release, to gather input on the retail investor journey in capital markets under the revised EU Markets in...more
European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has adopted a proposal to amend the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), introducing a shorter settlement cycle for transferable securities...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on changes made by the Listing Act to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the...more
The European Commission has adopted delegated regulations amending the rules for data reporting service providers (DRSP) fines and fees to include consolidated tape providers (CTPs) in scope. Previously, the relevant...more
On 7 May 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Final Report on, among other things, technical advice concerning EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) provisions that have been amended pursuant to...more
Proposals for securitisation reform are on the horizon in the EU and the UK. A significant package of reforms could facilitate meaningful change and allow the securitisation market to meet its full potential. Reform also...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on the outcome of the 2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) on ESG disclosures under the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). The CSA was conducted by...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report setting out its technical advice to the European Commission on the amendments to the research provisions in the context of the Listing Act...more
The EU has adopted a regulation amending the EU Benchmarks Regulation. The amendments relate primarily to: reducing the population of benchmarks within scope of the Benchmarks Regulation; introducing a new spot FX-related...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched its consultation in relation to derivatives transparency, package orders, and input and output data for consolidated tape providers (CTPs). This is the fourth...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its peer review report on national competent authorities' (NCAs) supervision of simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisations. The report looks...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its final report containing draft regulatory technical standards relating to colleges for central counterparties under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more
On January 13, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that it and Quebec’s Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) have entered into an amended Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and...more