The Committee’s report contains recommendations for market participants in the EU and EEA for transitioning to a shorter settlement cycle
The Committee’s report contains recommendations for market participants in the EU and EEA for transitioning to a shorter settlement cycle
The EU T+1 Industry Committee has published its High-Level Road Map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027.
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
Towards a successful Savings and Investments Union
This article was first published in the 23rd edition of the Fact Book on 24 June 2025.
For asset managers the main issue continues to be the reclassification of ETDs as OTCs as a result of the non-equivalence of UK regulated markets. While we understand that a review is legally mandated at this point in time, we do not see value in recalibrating the various thresholds or making changes to the calculation methodologies unless these are in the two areas we define below. Our main concern revolves around the fact that changes would carry significant compliance costs while making little impact on the population of counterparties and notional captured by the thresholds.
Investors, asset managers and civil society organisations call for the prompt implementation of the reform on corporate sustainability reporting and EU standards
This is a timely and necessary review to which we hope to contribute in a constructive manner. As already recognised in the consultation paper and in the MiFID Quick Fix proposal, RTS 27 and RTS 28 currently fall short of the objective of providing valuable and comparable datasets for investment managers and the investing public. We appreciate the present effort to revise reporting requirements to produce more meaningful reports.
The Joint Associations1 welcome clarification from ESMA that national competent authorities are expected not to prioritise supervisory actions in relation to the application of the CSDR buy-in regime.2
EFAMA welcomes ESMA’s Call for Evidence to assess the rapidly shifting investment landscape and ensure that the current regulatory environment, its underlying market structure, and the existing industry practices safeguard retail investors’ interests. It is our strong belief that improving retail investor empowerment in Europe is key to further develop and deepen its capital markets.

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