ESMA - European Securities and Markets Authority

01/09/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/09/2025 07:30

ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published its latest edition of the Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.

Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focuses on the last policy documents related to MiCA, as the regulation officially entered into force across the EU on 30 December 2024. ESMA has delivered extensive regulatory work over the past 18 months, comprising more than 30 Technical Standards and Guidelines.

ESMA put forward Q&As on the application of the Guidelines on funds' names, providing further explanations on green bonds, the convergence on "meaningfully investing in sustainable investments", and the definition of controversial weapons.

We also published the Final Report with proposals for amendments related to equity transparency under MiFID II, and the Final Report covering mandates under the MiFIR Review on bond trade transparency and reasonable commercial basis (RCB).

Credit ratings play a critical role in evaluating the creditworthiness of entities and financial products. In this edition of the newsletter, we include an article to help investors and market participants understand the difference between credit ratings and private credit ratings.

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The newsletter features a full overview of all publications, together with information on hearings and webinars. For updates, follow us on X and LinkedIn.