Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
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
European Commission has launched a short 8 week public consultation on key aspects of the EU Securitisation Framework. The consultation seeks feedback on the effectiveness, scope and application of the current EU...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Carried Out Unannounced Inspections in the Tires Sector - On 30 January 2024, the Commission conducted dawn raids at the premises of several companies active in the tires...more
On 10 May 2023, the Council of the European Union (the "Council") submitted a draft for a European Green Bonds Regulation (the "Draft EuGB Regulation") to the European Parliament for review and approval....more
A new European Commission report on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation addresses key uncertainties in existing interpretations of the EU Securitisation Regulation in the European CLO market. Some of the...more
To meet the ambitious targets set by the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the finance markets must be utilised to a much greater degree to enable sustainable projects and allow access to wider sources of capital....more
MiFIR requires “systematic internalizers” (i.e., firms that The European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a consultation to collect the views of market participants on the pre-trade transparency regime applicable...more
ESMA has published its response to the Commission’s review of the BMR, which gives an indication of the areas where changes to the regulation are more likely to be made. Key Points: ..ESMA’s response to the European...more
The Securitisation Regulation applies to securitisations, the securities of which are issued (or where no securities are issued, the securitisation positions of which are created) on or after 1 January 2019....more
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
The European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation with regard to Regulatory Technical Standards on the volume cap mechanisms and the provision of information...more