EIOPA has published its Risk Dashboard based on the third quarter of 2020 Solvency II data.

The results show that insurers’ exposures to macro risks decreased from very high to high level, while all other risk categories remain at medium level. Going forward, European supervisors expect an increase in credit, market and underwriting risks […]

ESMA has published the translated versions of its guidelilnes on portability of information between securitisation repositories under the securitisation regulation

These guidelines provide clarification on how to ensure compliance with the obligations in Articles 78(9)(c) and 79(3) of EMIR, as applied by Article 10(2) of the Securitisation Regulation. In particular, these guidelines provide clarification on:

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The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA, EIOPA) delivered to the European Commission the Final Report, including the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), on the content, methodologies and presentation of disclosures under the EU Regulation SFDR.

The proposed RTS aim to strengthen protection for end-investors by improving Environmental, Social […]

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA, EIOPA) submitted to the European Commission draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on amendments to the key information document for PRIIPs.

Following a request from the European Commission in December 2020, EIOPA’s Board of Supervisors further analysed the draft RTS which was adopted today by a qualified majority […]

ESMA has published its Annual Report on the application of waivers and deferrals for equity instruments under MiFIR.

This is the second report published by ESMA since the application of MiFIR in 2018.

The report includes an analysis based on waivers for equity and equity-like instruments for which ESMA issued an opinion to the competent authority […]

ESMA publishes report on proposed fees for benchmark administrators
ESMA has published a final report on its Technical Advice regarding supervisory fees for benchmarks administrators under the BMR.
The aim of the Final Report is to advise the European Commission (EC) on fees to be paid by benchmark administrators that will be supervised by ESMA starting in […]

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA ed ESMA) launched a public consultation to amend the Implementing Regulations on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for credit risk.
The amendments are needed to assign mappings for two newly established ECAIs and to reflect the outcomes of a […]

ESMA has updated its Q&A related to reporting under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) to clarify:

• reporting of events that were not duly reported on time
• updates to records of outstanding SFTs by the Trade Repositories based on reports made by the counterparties
• operational aspects concerning the reporting by financial counterparties on behalf […]
  

ESMA has published its Report containing the assessment of ESMA’s staffing and resources needs arising from the assumption of powers and duties in accordance with the new MiFIR regime for third-country firms.

EIOPA published its annual Report on the use of capital add-ons during 2019.
The objective of the capital add-on measure is ensure that […]

EIOPA published the second paper in a series of papers on the methodological principles of insurance stress testing.
The Methodological Paper is a follow-up to the consultation with stakeholders and focuses on the liquidity component. Overall, it is a further step in enhancing EIOPA’s stress testing framework.
In particular, the paper sets out methodological principles that […]