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FIA EPTA response to the Consultation Paper on the clearing and derivative trading obligations in view of the benchmark transition
The FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to the Consultation Paper on the clearing and derivative trading obligations in view of the benchmark transition. We encourage ESMA to incorporate ongoing flow trading data into its analysis. Data regarding daily trading activity is important when making liquidity assessments and monitoring the market’s ongoing transition to new benchmark rates.
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FIA EPTA and FIA Comment on European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance
FIA and FIA EPTA submitted comments to the European Commission (EC) call for feedback on the Platform on Sustainable Finance’s draft proposal for an extended taxonomy to support economic transition. FIA and FIA EPTA members largely and recognize the desire to further expand the Taxonomy regulation. However, FIA and FIA EPTA members believe it is too early to broaden the scope of the taxonomy too widely as the existing Taxonomy regulation has only just come into force and needs time to demonstrate its impact on the market.
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FIA and FIA EPTA comment on European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance draft
FIA and FIA EPTA submitted comments to the European Commission (EC) call for feedback on the Platform on Sustainable Finance’s draft proposal for an extended taxonomy to support economic transition.
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European Commission consultation on permanently lowering the relevant threshold for the notification of significant net short positions in shares
FIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s consultation on permanently lowering the relevant threshold for the notification of significant net short positions in shares. Short selling plays an important role in ensuring the proper functioning of financial markets in terms of liquidity and efficiency of price formation. It enables investors to manage risk and marketmakers to facilitate risk transfer for others by hedging their positions through buying and selling shares.
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FIA EPTA response to the European Commission public consultation on a retail investment strategy for Europe
The FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission Public consultation on a retail investment strategy for Europe. The FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission Public consultation on a retail investment strategy for Europe. FIA EPTA members believe that the current retail investor protection framework is an important tool to ensure retail participation in capital markets. However, an update is necessary. Over the past years, retail participation on lit markets has gone down, and the ways in which retail investors participate in the markets has changed. New technologies and platforms have emerged and are rapidly changing how retail investors interact with the market.
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FIA EPTA response to the European Commission public consultation on a retail investment strategy for Europe
FIA EPTA appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission Public consultation on a retail investment strategy for Europe. FIA EPTA members believe that the current retail investor protection framework is an important tool to ensure retail participation in capital markets. However, an update is necessary. Over the past years, retail participation on lit markets has gone down, and the ways in which retail investors participate in the markets has changed.
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FIA L&C webinar: How US firms can navigate the EU regulatory agenda on ESG
The pace of legislative and regulatory change on sustainability both inside and outside the EU continues to accelerate, with global firms including those operating in the US finding themselves navigating increasingly disparate regimes.
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FIA submits response to ESMA consultation on technical standards for commodity derivatives
On 23 July, FIA and ISDA submitted a joint response to ESMA's consultation on technical standards (draft RTS 21 and ITS 4) for commodity derivatives following announced changes to the position limits regime as part of the MiFID II 'quick fix', which will apply from 28 February 2022.
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Response by FIA EPTA to the EBA consultation on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the reclassification of investment firms as credit institutions in accordance with Article 8a (6)(b) of Directive 2013/36/EU
FIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the EBA’s consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) on proposed revised Regulatory Technical Standards relating to the reclassification of investment firms as credit institutions in accordance with Article 8a(6)(b) of Directive 2013/36/EU (the Reclassification RTS). FIA EPTA has consistently welcomed the new prudential regime for investment firms contained in the Investment Firm Regulation and Directive (IFR/IFD), which is aimed at creating a tailored and proportionate prudential framework for firms such as those we represent.
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Trade associations submit letter on CSDR mandatory buy-in rules
On 14 July 2021, FIA and 15 other trade associations wrote to the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Commission on the timeline for implementation of the mandatory buy-in rules as part of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) settlement discipline regime.
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