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ESMA extends its EMIR Q+A, to general irritation
14 February 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Q&A to address concerns over the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), despite those in the industry saying that the update has come too late...

Clearstream and Iberclear's repository is green-lit
11 November 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR has been approved as a trade repository by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...

KDPW receives ESMA trade repository approval
08 November 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ESMA has acknowledged the central securities depository of Poland as one of only four European entities to fulfill all trade repository requirements under EMIR...

Guernsey treads down the AIFMD road
12 June 2013 St Peter Port
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Guernsey is now accepting Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive applications as marketing rules are implemented...

Guernsey plays nice with European regulators
31 May 2013 Guernsey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the cooperation arrangements between the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and the EU securities regulators for the supervision of alternative investment funds...

KAS-Trust B.V. takes step towards AIFMD
08 May 2013 The Netherlands
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

KAS-Trust B.V. has taken a significant step in realising its plan of acting as an independent depositary for investment institutions under AIFMD...

REGIS-TR is on the road to ESMA acceptance
11 April 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, is confident that its application to act as a trade repository across all asset classes will be accepted by ESMA...

Switzerland to comply with AIFMD
04 December 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Switzerland has beaten the July 2013 deadline to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)...

UCITS cannot invest in unregulated hedge funds, says Esma
23 November 2012 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority has made its opinion clear on Article 50(2)(a) of the UCITS Directive, the so-called “trash ratio”, which permits UCITS to invest up to 10 percent of their net assets in transferable securities...

SunGard helps Warsaw stock exchange with trading
24 September 2012 Warsaw
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) has chosen SunGard’s Protegent compliance solution and Valdi electronic trading tools for real-time surveillance and monitoring of trading activity...

BNY Mellon strengthens German management team
28 August 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BNY Mellon has made a number of key senior management appointments in its German office...

SunGard improves Protegent’s capabilities
30 May 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Protegent’s new features include a rules library that supports compliance with the European Securities and Markets Authority’s guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment for trading platforms...