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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

Delayed: CSDR settlement discipline regime
05 February 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Following a series of warning calls from industry stakeholders, ESMA is backing a delay to the CSDR settlement discipline regime originally due in September

Trade bodies unite to call for CSDR buy-in delay
24 January 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fourteen trade associations including ISLA, ICMA and AFME have sent a joint letter to the EU requesting radical reforms to CSDR’s settlement regime to avoid a liquidity crisis in Septemeber

Clearstream’s CSD gains CSDR licence
24 January 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German market regulator has granted a CSDR licence to Deutsche Boerse subsidiary, Clearstream Banking

ESMA names Robert Ophèle acting chair of CCP supervisory committee
06 December 2019 Kent
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The CCP supervisory committee is being established as part of the reform of the current regime for the authorisation, recognition and supervision of CCPs under EMIR 2.2

CSDR buy-in provisions delay “anticipated”
19 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CSDR’s buy-in provisions are unlikely to be implemented in September as scheduled due to “technical” issues, according to ICMA

Huatai Financial picks BNP Paribas for custody services
15 October 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Huatai Financial Holdings has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide its clearing, settlement and custody services

ESMA sets out CSDR standardised procedures and messaging protocols guidelines
08 October 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The requirement in Article 6(2) of CSDR is focused on the preparation of the settlement process in order to limit the number of settlement fails

ESMA reveals plans for 2020
03 October 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority has revealed that next year it will focus on the implementation of its new mandates

Confluence launches Unity NXT for MMF regulation
23 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Confluence has launched Unity NXT, a regulatory reporting platform to help clients prepare for the more complex disclosures required under the new European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Money Market Fund Regulation