September 2021

On 24 September 2021, the FCA published a speech by Sheldon Mills (Executive Director, Consumers and Competition, FCA) entitled A regulatory perspective: measuring and assessing culture, now and in the future, the role of purpose and the importance of D&I.

Highlights in the speech include:

  • Culture remains central to how the FCA supervises the

On 24 September 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a letter it had sent to the European Commission regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), urging it to consider a delay of the mandatory buy-in regime.

As the final Commission legislative proposal for the review

On 24 September 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched its regular EU-wide transparency exercise, whose results are expected to be published at the beginning of December. As in the past, the exercise is exclusively based on supervisory reporting data, which will keep the burden for the banks to a minimum. Transparency

On 24 September 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a final report containing guidelines on settlement fails reporting under Article 7 of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). ESMA has produced the guidelines in order to ensure the consistent application of Article 7(1) of the CSDR as supplemented

On 24 September 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a final report containing guidelines on methodology, oversight function and record keeping under the Benchmarks Regulation.

The guidelines aim at providing guidance to financial market participants and Member State competent authorities on the application of the requirements relating to the use

On 24 September 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a consultation paper on the review of the Short Selling Regulation (SSR).

In the consultation paper ESMA conducts a systematic review of the provisions of the SSR. Among other things ESMA sets out suggestions for operational improvements and policy