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MiFID II Review: EFAMA calls for changes to investor protection rules
22 May 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EFAMA shows support for MiFID II and MiFIR framework but calls for improvements to professional investors to enhance market transparency

CSDR February push back gets European Commission approval
12 May 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has approved ESMA’s call for a delay to CSDR’s settlement discipline regime go-live from September to February 2021

ESMA hands four TRs their SFTR licences
07 May 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Four trade repositories have gained their licence to operate under SFTR by the European Securities and Market Authority

AFME responds to ESMA’s new MiFIR and MiFID II regimes for third-country firms
01 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AFME has responded to ESMA's consultation paper on the provision of investment services and activities in the union by third-country firms under MiFID II and MiFIR

ICMA calls for central database to improve bond market transparency
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ICMA’s Consolidated Tape Taskforce suggested that the whole market would benefit from a single reliable source of post-trade data

EuropeanIssuers shares industry concerns with ESMA
28 April 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EuropeanIssuers has sent a letter to ESMA to ensure issuers’ concerns are heard in these “trying times”, amid COVID-19 challenges

CSDR: ICMA vows to continue push for buy-in amendments, despite ESMA brush off
21 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association says is it not put off by Steven Maijoor's hardball stance and will not give up lobbying for radical changes to CSDR's settlement discipline regime

Central Bank of Ireland offers flexibility around regulations amid COVID-19
21 April 2021 Dublin
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Central Bank of Ireland is allowing flexibility for the remittance dates of a number of regulatory returns due from investment firms, fund service providers and investment funds over the COVID-19 period

ESMA issues guidance on performance fees in UCITS
06 April 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA highlighted that the guidelines aim to harmonise the way fund managers charge performance fees to retail investors, as well as the circumstances in which performance fees can be paid

ESMA provides COVID-19 clarification for best execution reports under MiFID II
31 March 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has urged NCAs not to prioritise supervisory action against execution venues and firms in respect of the deadlines of the general best execution reports under MiFID II in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

ESMA consults on technical standards on TRs for EMIR Refit
26 March 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The suggested proposals by ESMA build upon the existing rules as well as the experience in implementing EMIR since 2012

SFTR delayed until July, legal explainer
19 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has requested NCAs do not enforce SFTR until July in response to industry concerns and the market chaos caused by the COVID-19 outbreak