The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the revised Transparency Directive relating to the notification of major shareholdings and the indicative list of financial instruments subject to notification...

In December 2012, ESMA published the guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues (ESMA/2012/832) (hereafter the guidelines). Since the entry into force of the guidelines on 18 February 2013, ESMA has been asked by stakeholders on numerous occasions to reconsider its position on the requirements on...

The Regulation No 345/2013 on European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECA) and the Regulation 346/2013 on European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) became applicable on 22 July 2013 [Registry ]. These Regulations provide for a common EU framework for the managers of EuVECA and EuSEF that are...

Section II describes the background of the proposal. Section III specifies the timing for the provision of the information to ESMA and lists the information that the competent authorities should provide quarterly to ESMA. The list of information is divided into three parts: the first refers to...