Search Results for: Central Counterparties
French Regulator proposes ways to reform the functioning of ESMA
June 26th, 2017
Financing, governance, direct powers: in its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the review of European supervisory authorities, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers has drawn up proposals to strengthen ESMA for the benefit of convergence of supervision ...
CLS shareholders elect nine new board directors
May 19th, 2017
CLS Group (CLS), a leading provider of risk mitigation and operational services for the global foreign exchange (FX) market, today announced that nine new directors have been elected to its Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting held ...
The European Commission proposes simpler and more efficient derivatives rules
May 7th, 2017
The European Commission is today proposing some targeted reforms to improve the functioning of the derivatives market in the EU. The reforms provide simpler and more proportionate rules for over-the-counter derivatives to reduce costs and regulatory burdens for market ...
ESMA to cooperate with New Zealand’s regulators on CCPs
April 19th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, ...
ESMA to cooperate with non-EU Regulators on CCPs
March 21st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoUs establish cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and ...
DFSA Signs MoU with European Securities and Markets Authority
February 23rd, 2017
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties (CCPs) compliance with conditions set out in The European Union’s Market Infrastructure ...
SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes new clearing provider
February 22nd, 2017
With EuroCCP, the Swiss exchange offers its trading participants an additional option of choosing Central Counterparties. SIX Swiss Exchange is enlarging its choice for Clearing Services and welcomes EuroCCP as third Central Counterparty (CCP) for the Swiss market. With the ...
ESMA publishes 2017 Suprvision plan for CRAs, Trade Repositories and 3rd Country CCPs
February 6th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Annual Report and Supervision Work Programmes (Report) setting out its main areas of supervisory focus for credit rating agencies (CRAs), trade repositories (TRs), and third country central counterparties ...
ESMA Consults On Future Guidelines For Portability Between Trade Repositories
January 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has put for public consultation future guidelines on the transfer of data between trade repositories (TRs) authorised in the European Union under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). There are currently six ...
ESMA identifies areas for improvemnet in EU CCP supervision
December 23rd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has presented today the results of a peer review, it conducted into how national competent authorities (NCAs) ensure that central counterparties (CCPs) comply with margin and collateral requirements under the European Markets ...
