Events listed in European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
ISDA, AIMA, EFAMA, FIA Statement on EC’s Proposed Amendments to EMIR
ID 21705
On 2 February 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and the Futures Industry Association (FIA) issued a common statement (with an identic wording) in response to the European Commission’s (EC) proposed amendments to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), aiming **to make derivatives clearing in the EU more ...
ESMA reviews the scope of clearing and derivatives trading obligations
ID 21686
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published its final report on the clearing (CO) and derivative trading (DTO) obligations to accompany the benchmark transition. For over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives (IRD) denominated in EUR, GBP, JPY, and USD, the report proposes revised Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) that that would modify the scope of the CO and DTO and that have been already ...
[MoU Taiwan] Memorandum of Understanding between ESMA and Financial Supervisory ...
ID 21476
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded between itself and the Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan, as regards the supervision of Taiwanese central counterparties (CCPs). Therein, the regulators agree to closely cooperate on such supervision and exchange information – within legal limits – on counterparties that are applying or have already applied for third-country recognition in the .. ...
[ESMA70-152-348] List of third-country CCPs recognised to offer services and ...
ID 21472
On 16 January 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published an updated list of third-country central counterparties (CCPs) which are recognized to offer services and perform activities in the European Union in accordance with Article 25 of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The list also includes a table of classes of financial instruments by each counterparty which are covered by ...
[MoU Malaysia] Memorandum of Understanding Related to ESMA’s Monitoring of the ...
ID 21468
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded between itself and the Securities Commission Malaysia, as regards the supervision of Malaysian central counterparties (CCPs). Therein, the regulators agree to closely cooperate on such supervision and exchange information – within legal limits – on counterparties that are applying or have already applied for third-country recognition in the European ...
[ESMA71-102-173] ESMA Q&As- list of questions currently under development
ID 21440
On 12 January 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of the list containing questions received through its Q&A process. ESMA is working on developing a web-based tool to facilitate the submission of questions and the publication of questions received. Compared to the previous version, the updated version contains one new question: 1. EMIR clearing obligation (Topic „Post Trading“) ...