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Borsa Italiana with Notice No. 31776 of 27 September 2021 published the amendments to the AIM Italia Market Regulations: Renaming the Market. 

The amendments will enter into force on 25 October 2021.

ESMA has launched a public consultation on proposals for improvements to the MiFID II framework on best execution reports. These proposals aim at ensuring effective and consistent regulation and supervision and enhancing investor protection.

ESMA’s proposals include technical changes to:

  •  the reporting obligations for execution venues;
  • aimed at simplifying the reporting requirements by reducing the granularity and volume of data to be reported; and
  • moving to a set of seven indicators aimed at disclosing meaningful information to help firms to assess venues’ execution quality; and
  • the reporting requirements for firms: focusing mainly on clarifying the requirements for firms that transmit client orders or decisions to deal to third parties for execution.

The consultation will end on 23 December 2021.

ESMA has launched a public consultation on the review of the Short Selling Regulation (SSR).

The consultation paper sets out suggestions for operational improvements and policy clarifications on:

  • the calculation of net short positions, the prohibition of uncovered short selling and the locate rule under which short selling trades can take place;
  • the mechanism for transparency of net short positions and the proposal to publish aggregated net short positions per issuer based on all individual positions and the scope of the exemptions for shares that are more heavily traded in a third country; and
  • the introduction of a centralised notification and publication system to reduce reporting burdens, increase cost efficiency and foster ESMA’s monitoring capacity and coordination powers in case of potential threats at EU level.

The consultation will end on 19 november 2021

ESMA has published its 2022 Annual Work Programme (AWP), setting out its priority work areas for the next 12 months to deliver on its mission to enhance investor protection and promote stable and orderly financial markets.

The key areas of focus for 2022 include:

  • the exercise of new, and existing, supervisory powers for benchmarks and data service providers (DRSPs) as well as central counterparties (CCPs);
  • its contribution to the European Union (EU) priorities on the development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), sustainable finance and innovation; and
  • the convergence of supervisory and regulatory practices across the EU. In addition, it will continue to monitor the impact of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU on the evolution of EU and global capital markets.