With the first MiFID Directive, the European lawmakers emphasized the importance of an independent compliance function. It formalized the requirements...
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The practice of using financial instruments to borrow funds is known only to a small circle in the industry, though...
What is sustainable finance and what are the consequences for the existing or future governance framework of financial institutions? While...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its annual report on the application of accepted market practices (AMP) in...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its first Annual Statistical Report (Report) on the cost and performance of...
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today a joint report on innovation facilitators (regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs). The report sets out...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its Advice to the European Union (EU) Institutions – Commission, Council and Parliament...
If you hadn’t noticed, we live in risky times. At least that’s what the European regulator ESMA is saying. With...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today has published a consultation on disclosure obligations for Money Market Funds. The...
As expected, ESMA has decided to renew the restriction on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences (CFDs)...
While Robo-adviceor the automation of financial advice is slowly growing, the overall number of firms and customers involved is still...
ESMA has decided to extent the ban of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients, which...
The European Financial Regulator ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) has today fined five Scandinavian banks for violations of the...
The writing has been on the wall: times for CFDs and Binary Options are getting more difficult with the latest...
It has been a busy month of MiFID II updates. ESMA has published six documents that provide further detail or...
