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ESMA appoints new director
20 May 2021 France
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Natasha Cazenave has a background in corporate finance and consultancy and is only ESMA’s second executive director

ESMA opens annual consultation on MiFID II
12 May 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The paper provides for the annual assessment of the operation of the thresholds for the liquidity determination of bonds and the trade percentiles determining the pre-trade SSTI-threshold

ESMA unveils draft RTS on changes to CCPs’ activities and models
08 April 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has published its final report containing draft regulatory technical standards relating to changes to CCP services and activities as well as models and parameters under EMIR

EACH urges EC to agree with ESMA on a further delay to CSDR's SDR
01 April 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EACH says a number of the provisions are simply not implementable because of their technical inaccuracy and some would also increase operational risk within the EU CSDR SDR

ESMA updates Q&As for AIFMD and UCITS
30 March 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

For AIFMD and UCITS, ESMA has added two new Q&As on the guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs

ESMA launches MMF consultation to review 2020 market stress
26 March 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Following the COVID-19 market stress experienced by money markets in March 2020, the EU regulator is considering four wide-ranging proposals for rule changes to shore-up liquidity buffers and transparency

Varenne picks INDOS Financial & Clarus Risk for liquidity stress-testing solution
08 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the new operating model, Clarus Risk will source fund asset and liability data from INDOS Financial to generate liquidity risk metrics via its RiskMonitor Liquidity solution

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing

EIOPA’s board of supervisors agree on changes to PRIIPs KID
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

While some national competent authorities at EIOPA’s board continued to express reservations on the draft RTS, they supported the proposal based on the further details provided by the commission on their approach to the broader review of PRIIPs

AIFMD Review: don’t fix something that is not broken
02 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

“Don’t try to fix something that’s not broken”, was the message from associations to the European Commission consultation on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Review

Mercer utilises Fund Recs' Velocity platform for EMIR reporting requirements
28 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Utilising Velocity in its Dublin office, Mercer says the new platform has increased efficiency, reduced risk, and helped meet the regulatory requirements

EC adopts equivalence decision for US CCPs
27 January 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The decision is an important first step for US CCPs registered with the SEC to be recognised in the European Union as it will allow the US CCPs to apply for recognition by ESMA