ESMA: Geopolitical and macroeconomic developments drive market uncertainty
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its first risk monitoring report of 2025, setting out the key risk…
Crypto-assets: EBA and ESMA analyse recent developments
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published a Joint Report on recent developments…
ESMA publishes its Market Report on Crowdfunding in the EU 2024
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first annual market report on the EU crowdfunding market, based…
Issuer-sponsored financial research: ESMA consults on EU code of conduct
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today launched a consultation on draft Technical Standards…
EU lawmakers reach deal on new rules for financial benchmarks
Benchmarks are typically indexes or another basket of financial assets, they are widely used by companies and investors in the…
Energy trading : ACER and ESMA join forces to protect customers from abuse
The revised Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) introduces new measures to better protect the EU citizens and businesses from…
ESMA wants to streamline the prospectus area and seeks stakeholder input
The Consultation contains recommendations meant to facilitate European capital market activity by streamlining and reducing regulatory burden. In addition, it also puts…
ESMA launches survey on Legal Entities Identifiers (LEI)
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published today a survey on…
The European Supervisory Authorities share highlights from the 2024 Joint Consumer Protection Day in Budapest
The event followed the theme of “Empowering EU consumers: fair access to the future of financial services” and had three…
ESMA: Markets increasingly sensitive after strong performance in early 2024
External events continue to have a strong impact on the evolution of financial markets, and ESMA also sees high or…
Sustainability: ESMA publishes translations of its guidelines on funds’ names
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published the translations in…
ESMA delivers opinion on global crypto firms using their non-EU execution venues
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued an Opinion to address the risks presented by global crypto firms seeking…
Sustainable Finance Framework: ESMA sets out its long-term vision
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published an Opinion on…
Wirecard investigation: ESMA publishes follow-up report to Fast Track Peer Review
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, published today its Follow-up Report to the…
ESMA’s stress test of Central Counterparties finds clearing system resilient
ESMA, the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the results of its 5th stress test exercise for Central Counterparties (CCPs).…
CSDR Refit: ESMA consults on recalibration and clarification of the framework
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching today new consultations on…
ESMA consults on liquidity management tools for funds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is seeking input on draft guidelines and technical standards under…
ESMA puts forward measures to support corporate sustainability reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published a Final Report on…
ESMA: New MiCA rules increase transparency for retail investors
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the second Final Report under…
ESMA Chair Verena Ross: Fresh perspectives for EU capital markets
"The truth is, that the challenges faced by Europe need, as part of the solution, stronger capital markets. Yet, the…
EBA and ESMA invite comments on investment firms prudential framework review
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today a discussion paper on the…
ESMA publishes final rules on conflict of interest of crypto assets providers
ESMA sets out draft Regulatory Technical Standards on certain requirements rrelated to conflicts of interest for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs),…
ESMA provides guidance to firms using artificial intelligence in investment services
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today issued a Statement providing initial guidance…
ESMA reminds issuers about rules for sharing information during pre-close calls
Pre-close calls are communication sessions between an issuer and analysts who generate research, forecasts and recommendations related to the issuer’s…
How to make European capital markets more effective and attractive – ESMA
Paris, 22 May 2024 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator...
ESMA publishes data on markets and securities in the EEA
The report provides details about how securities markets in the European Economic Area (EEA30) were organised in 2022, including structural indicators…
ELTIF: ESMA proposes changes to technical standards
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has responded to the European Commission…
Distributed Ledger Technology: ESMA publishes 1st year results of DLT Pilot Regime
ESMA has opted for this format instead of the report mandated under the DLT Pilot Regime because no DLT market…
EU Green Bonds: ESMA consults on rules for External Reviewers
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) related to the registration and supervision…
ECON Committee MEPs vote to boost citizens’ involvement in financial markets
Economic and monetary affairs MEPs voted on new rules to help retail customers invest in quality financial products, protect them…
ESMA withdraws Euronext’s authorisation as data reporting service provider
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today withdrawn the authorisation of Euronext Paris SA…
Leverage and liquidity: ESMA steps up monitoring of alternative investment funds (AIF)
Existing liquidity mismatches in AIFs are particularly heightened by the high share of open-ended RE funds, some of which offer…