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No safe haven yet for the UK regarding Brexit
05 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

There is no safe haven yet for financial services in terms of Brexit, but the ESMA’s agreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority gives some clarity, according to one panellist at this year’s Fund Marketing & Distribution Europe Conference

ESMA to recognise UK CCPs and CSD in no-deal Brexit scenario
05 February 2019
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Securities Markets Authority has agreed a deal with the Bank of England for the recognition of CCPs and of the CSD established in the UK, should there be a no-deal Brexit scenario

ESMA eases no-Brexit uncertainty
01 February 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA has agreed a deal with the FCA that removes uncertainty for the worst-case scenario, the European Fund and Asset Management Association reveals

ESMA: crypto-assets need common EU-wide approach
10 January 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA stated that crypto assets need a common EU-wide approach to ensure investor protection

MiFID II: one year on
03 January 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MiFID II marks its one-year anniversary as part of EU legislation, after being implemented on 3 January 2018

ESMA welcomes EU no-deal Brexit stance on central clearing
23 November 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has welcomed the European Commission’s communication on a contingency plan on central clearing in the event of a no-deal Brexit

Deutsche Borse and RegTek.Solutions launch validation service
30 October 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Borse and RegTek.Solutions have launched a pre-validation service for clients of Deutsche Borse’s regulatory reporting hub

ESMA publishes first EU derivatives report
18 October 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Trade repositories reported a total of 74 million open transactions at the end of 2017, amounting to a gross notional outstanding of around €660 trillion, according to ESMA’s first annual statistic report on the EU’s derivatives markets

big xyt adds DVC dashboard to Liquidity Cockpit
21 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Big xyt has added a double volume cap dashboard to its Liquidity Cockpit to allow clients to understand where volume migrates when the DVCs change

ESMA: National regulators need to improve their supervision of UCITS
02 August 2018 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has found that national regulators need to improve their supervision of UCITS engaging in EPM

DTCC expands into Ireland
18 July 2018 Dublin
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Ahead of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the EU, DTCC plans to extend its presence in Europe by adding a new location in Dublin

Deadline day for LEIs
02 July 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The temporary period allowing for a smooth introduction of the use of legal entity identifiers under Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation, ends today (2 July)