Article 39b(2) of the CRA Regulation states that the European Commission shall adopt a report by end 2014 – after receiving ESMA’s technical advice – on the appropriateness of the development of a European creditworthiness assessment for sovereign debt.In its request for advice, the...

For the purposes of this advice, ESMA provides its views based on the quantitative information contained in the CEREP public database and on information publicly disclosed by credit rating agencies registered with ESMA.Additionally, ESMA’s advice has been informed by its first supervisory...

The European Securities and Markets Authorities (ESMA) has published this report to inform of the outcome and findings of its general investigation in the way credit rating agencies (CRAs) conduct surveillance of structured finance credit ratings, as indicated in ESMA’s Credit Rating Agencies...

One of the objectives of the CRA Regulation is to increase competition in the markets for credit ratings by encouraging issuers to use smaller credit rating agencies. To this end, Article 8d(1) of the CRA Regulation states that where issuers or related third parties intend to appoint at least...

The Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs Regulation)empowers the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to prepare draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in specific areas. This Discussion Paper is a preparatory...

This report focuses on the linkages between the due diligence requirements which apply to investors and the disclosure requirements which apply to the issuer, originator and sponsor. This is in order to highlight whether investors are effectively protected and whether the supervision framework...