Committee of European Securities Regulators

EBA issues Opinion to the European Commission on the draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards

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Friday, January 27, 2023

26 January 2023

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  • 26 January 2023
    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion on the draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) developed by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).
  • In this Opinion, addressed to the European Commission, the EBA acknowledges that, overall, the draft ESRS are consistent with international standards and any other relevant EU Regulation.
  • The EBA also highlights a few aspects that should deserve further consideration by the European Commission.
  • The European Commission also requested an Opinion from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

ESMA appoints new Chairs of Standing Committees

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Saturday, December 17, 2022

ESMA appoints new Chairs of Standing Committees

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  • ESMA appoints new Chairs of Standing Committees
    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EUs financial markets regulator and supervisor, has changed the structure of its standing committees and elected new Chairs.
  • The election took place at the Board of Supervisors meeting in Paris on 14 December.
  • The new list of standing committees and their respective Chairs is the following:
    Standing Committee
    Chair
    Data Standing Committee (DSC)
    Armi Taipale, Head of Deparment, Finanssivalvonta (FIN-FSA), Finland
    Digital Finance Standing Committee (DFSC)
    Carlo Comporti, Commissioner, Commissione Nazionale per le Societ e la Borsa (CONSOB), Italy
    Investment Management Standing Committee (IMSC)
    Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland
    Investor Protection Standing Committee (IPSC)
    Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chair, Autorit des Marchs Financiers (AMF), France
    Issuers Standing Committee (ISC)
    Karen Dortea Abelskov, Deputy Director General, Finanstilsynet, Denmark
    Markets Standing Committee (MSC)
    Rodrigo Buenaventura, Chair, Comisin Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain
    Proportionality and Coordination Committee (PCC)
    Christopher Buttigieg, Chief Officer, Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), Malta
    Risk Standing Committee (RSC)
    George Theocharides, Chairman, (CySEC), Cyprus
    Senior Supervisors Forum (SSF)
    Jos Heuvelman, Member of the Executive Board, Autoriteit Financile Markten (AFM), The Netherlands
    Sustainability Standing Committee (SSC)
    Thorsten Ptzsch, Chief Executive Director, Bundesanstalt fr Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), Germany
    The standing committees are expert groups drawn from ESMA staff and the national competent authorities for securities markets regulation in the Member States and are responsible for the development of policy in their respective areas.
  • Next steps
    The new Standing Committees will be formally established on 1 January 2023, at which point the mandate for the respective Chairs will start.

New Q&As available

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

New Q&As available

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

New Q&A available

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Saturday, May 29, 2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics:

ESMA CLOSED FOR PUBLIC HOLIDAY ON MONDAY 24 MAY

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Saturday, May 22, 2021

b'The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be closed on Monday 24 May.\nWe will reopen on Tuesday 25 May.\n'

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b'The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be closed on Monday 24 May.\nWe will reopen on Tuesday 25 May.\n'

ESMA CLOSED FOR PUBLIC HOLIDAY ON MONDAY 24 MAY

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Saturday, May 22, 2021

b'The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be closed on Monday 24 May.\nWe will reopen on Tuesday 25 May.\n'

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b'The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be closed on Monday 24 May.\nWe will reopen on Tuesday 25 May.\n'

Steven Maijoor delivers keynote speech at ESMA 10th Anniversary Conference

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

23 March 2021

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  • 23 March 2021

    Speeches

    Today, Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), addressed representatives from EU institutions, supervisors and other stakeholders at the ESMA 10th Anniversary Conference inspiring confidence in Europes financial markets.

  • Mr. Maijoors speech covered the early expectations for ESMA in 2011, and the areas in which ESMA has progressively strengthened its role within the European and international regulatory community.
  • In addition, he underlined a forward-looking message based on the confidence that Europes financial markets are better supported by an effective regulatory and supervisory system to face crisis situations.
  • ESMA will achieve this through assessing risks to investors, markets and financial stability, completing the single rulebook, promoting supervisory convergence and the execution of its direct supervisory mandates.

Steven Maijoor delivers keynote speech at ESMA 10th Anniversary Conference

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

23 March 2021

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  • 23 March 2021

    Speeches

    Today, Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), addressed representatives from EU institutions, supervisors and other stakeholders at the ESMA 10th Anniversary Conference inspiring confidence in Europes financial markets.

  • Mr. Maijoors speech covered the early expectations for ESMA in 2011, and the areas in which ESMA has progressively strengthened its role within the European and international regulatory community.
  • In addition, he underlined a forward-looking message based on the confidence that Europes financial markets are better supported by an effective regulatory and supervisory system to face crisis situations.
  • ESMA will achieve this through assessing risks to investors, markets and financial stability, completing the single rulebook, promoting supervisory convergence and the execution of its direct supervisory mandates.

ESMA provides input to the Commission on improvements for ELTIF

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

03 February 2021

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  • 03 February 2021

    Fund Management

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EUs securities markets regulator, today sent a letter to the European Commission consultation on the review of the European Long Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) Regulation.

  • ESMA highlights the key topics of the ELTIF review where we see the need to consider amendments to this framework.
  • In order to increase use of the ELTIF framework, ESMA proposes changes aimed at bringing ELTIFs more in line with the needs of investors (both retail and professional).
  • ESMA is ready to assist the Commission in revising the ELTIF framework.