Market abuse

On 25 September 2024, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published an Open Letter on the designation of representatives by non-EU market participants and on the new obligations of persons professionally arranging or executing transactions (PPAETs) as set out under the revised Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on

On 17 July 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a report on suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs).

Similar to the report published last summer, the report aims at providing the market with a clear overview over the use of STORs in different jurisdictions across the EU and

On 17 June 2024, the European Commission (Commission) issued a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding the delegation of power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Article 35 of MAR sets out the conditions under which the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated

Following nearly a year of debate, the legislative review of the proposed amendments to Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) is coming to an end. On 29 February 2024, the European Parliament formally adopted in a plenary vote the amendments to REMIT, this was followed by the approval in

 On 18 March 2024, the Council of the EU adopted a draft Regulation to protect the wholesale energy market against market manipulation.

The draft Regulation will reinforce market surveillance in the European Union and ensure open and fair competition in the wholesale energy markets. This forms part of the EU’s wider electricity market design and