2016

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Commission invites European Supervisory Authorities to amend PRIIPs rules and develop guidance

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) – have received a letter from the European Commission setting out the amendments it proposes to make to the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on key information documents (KID) for …

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Call for Input: The Planet Compliance RegTech Directory

 We are proud to present the PlanetCompliance RegTech Directory BETA, a light version of our upcoming publication! In the last couple weeks and months we have been conducting extensive research on the RegTech community. Based on this we have already published a series of articles on top companies in our seven RegTech categories. Now we …

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ESMA consults on transparency rules for package orders under MiFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened today a public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) regarding the treatment of package orders under the amended Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). Overall, MiFID II aims at increasing market integrity, transparency and efficiency. Package transactions are interlinked financial transactions …

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ESMA finalises advice on future rules for financial benchmarks

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has finalised its technical advice to the European Commission on important aspects of future rules for benchmarks. In particular, ESMA provides advice on: how benchmarks’ reference values can be calculated by using data reporting structures under existing EU rules such as MiFID II and EMIR; some of the …

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Commission extends the application date of the PRIIPs Regulation by one year

The Commission has today proposed an extension to the date of application of the Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs). This one-year extension is being proposed exceptionally in the interest of ensuring a smooth implementation for European consumers and to ensure legal certainty for the sector. The PRIIPs …

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IOSCO consults on Other CRA Products and their use by market participants

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a consultation report titled Other CRA Products, which seeks further insight into how market participants use non-traditional, products or services offered by credit rating agencies (CRAs). The objective of the consultation report is to clarify information provided by respondents to two survey questionnaires …

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EBA issues recommendations on the implementation of new counterparty and market risk frameworks

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report in response to two calls for advice to assist the European Commission in the adoption into European legislation of two new international frameworks proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS): (i) a new standardised framework for counterparty risk (CCR), i.e. the so-called SA-CCR, and …

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EBA seeks views on new prudential regime for investment firms

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation in response to the European Commission’s call for technical advice on the design of a new prudential regime for investment firms, which is specifically tailored to the needs of investment firms’ different business models and inherent risks. The aim of this work is to develop a …

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ESMA prepares for MiFID II systematic internaliser regime

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers (Q&A) document on the application of MiFID II/ MiFIR which clarifies when ESMA will publish the first set of data needed to implement the Systematic Internaliser (SI) regime and the date by when firms must comply with the SI regime for …

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