On 31 January 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 2026-2028 Programming Document.
In the foreword of the Programming Document ESMA’s Executive Director, Natasha Cazenave, notes that the years 2026-2028 will be a period of transformation for ESMA, as several new supervisory mandates will be added to ESMA’s remit
On Tuesday 17 September, Commission Present-elect Ursula von der Leyen published her long-awaited list of European Commissioner-designates and the allocation of their portfolios. The presentation of the Commissioner-designates and their responsibilities is a key step in the transition to the 2024-2029 legislative term. The process for selecting candidate Commissioners has been complex so far, as
In the first episode of the Global Investigations Podcast Series, Andrew Reeves (Partner, Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance team, London) is joined by Ruth Cowley (Head of Disputes and Investigations, London), Keith Rosen (Head of Risk Advisory, US) and Sharon Oded (Head of Investigations, Amsterdam) to discuss the early stages of an investigation; best practice in
The European Parliament elections took place between 6 and 9 June 2024. While the results are still coming in, the provisional data indicates that even though the traditional parties have retained their majority in the hemicycle, the more radical groupings on the right have gained more ground. This is in line with opinion polling carried
On 16 November 2023, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the review of the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT). We discussed the scope of the review in our earlier blog. In accordance with an official statement, the co-legislators
On 16 November 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the welcome remarks by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), at the seventh annual conference of the ESRB. The remarks are entitled The ESRB’s first general warning one year on.
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On 16 November 2023, the European Commission published a consultation on a draft delegated act under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA). The draft delegated act concerns the amount of the oversight fees to be charged to critical ICT third-party service providers (CTPPs) and the
On 24 October 2023, the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee held a debate on the draft report on the Retail Investment package. The draft report was published by rapporteur Stephanie Yon-Courtin (Renew, FR)on 5 October 2023 and contains her proposed amendments to the European Commission’s (Commission)
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published a proposal for a Regulation on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings. The legislative proposal lays out a regulatory framework for the provision of ESG ratings in the EU. The main aim of the proposal is to improve the transparency of ESG
On 20 October 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published for consultation two draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) that it is mandated to develop under the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA):