Bank of Italy has released one new “Working paper”:

and four new “Occasional Papers”:

ESMA has published today its final report on the clearing (CO) and derivative trading (DTO) obligations to accompany the benchmark transition.

The Report sets out proposed draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) amending the scope of the CO and DTO for OTC interest rate derivatives (IRD) denominated in EUR, GBP, JPY and USD, as part of the transition away from EONIA and LIBOR and onto alternative benchmarks, primarily Risk-Free Rates such as €STR.

The draft RTS have been submitted to the European Commission for endorsement in the form of Commission Delegated Regulations.

ESMA has published its annual report on administrative and criminal sanctions, as well as other administrative measures, issued across the European Union under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) in 2020.