The digital revolution is here, but banks are ill-prepared to deal with the many facets of change. Regulators usually do not seem to be the ones driving the change in positive way, but sometimes things are different. A kind of paradigm shift at the German financial regulator might actually help financial institutions and insurers to …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated version of the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for equity and bond instruments. This updated version mainly reflects changes in the classification of the instruments and the related parameters and resubmission of data by some trading venues. This new version is the one …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issues today its Technical Advice to the European Commission (EC) on how to improve the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR). In line with the mandate received, ESMA proposes a number of concrete amendments on controversial areas of the SSR to improve its relevance, effectiveness, coherence, and efficiency. ESMA’s Technical Advice …
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion addressed to competent authorities on the transition from the existing Payment Services Directive (PSD1) to the revised Directive (PSD2), which will apply from 13 January 2018. In its Opinion, the EBA clarifies a number of issues identified by market participants and competent authorities, including with regard …
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Often the world of cryptocurrencies is a mirror of the traditional world of finance, for example, when rumours started circling of potential insider trading of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in relation to the trading launch of the cryptocurrency at Coinbase, one of the world’s biggest exchanges. On 19 December, the company announced on its blog that …
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The European Commission has published a consultation on building a proportionate regulatory environment to support SME listing. The Commission statement invites all citizens and organisations to contribute to this consultation. Views are welcome, in particular, from Member States, national competent authorities and ESMA, as well as market participants such as SMEs (listed SMEs and those …
With two weeks until the launch date of one of the biggest regulatory initiatives in history, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has provided some clarity in respect of several aspects of MiFID II / MiFIR by publishing various documents. Investor Protection Q&As In an update to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the …
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published three consultation papers on draft technical standards implementing the Securitisation Regulation (SR). The Regulation establishes a general framework for securitisation and creates a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation. Securitisations are transactions that enable a credit institution or a corporation to refinance assets, …
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The Cryptocurrency KYC verification process for Exchanges and Wallet Providers could soon see some fundamental changes. European authorities heatedly discuss the question of if and how new AML regulation for Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies should be adopted or existing rules ought to be amended to fit the bill. The EU under pressure Following a number …
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Discussion Paper on the implementation in the European Union (EU) of the revised market risk and counterparty credit risk frameworks, i.e. the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and the Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR). This paper discusses some of the most important technical …
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