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Preparation of KIID by UCITS that are no longer marketed to the public or by UCITS in liquidation

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Preparation of KIID by UCITS that are no longer marketed to the public or by UCITS in liquidation

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Clear language - KIID

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Identification of the UCITS

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Clear language - KIID

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Preparation of KIID by UCITS that are no longer marketed to the public or by UCITS in liquidation

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Treatment of UCITS with share or unit classes

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Communication of KIID to investors

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Communication of KIID to investors

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Communication of KIID to investors

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Communication of KIID to investors

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Hedging strategies

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Disclosure of leverage

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Disclosure of leverage

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Concentration rules

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Fund of funds

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Hedging strategies

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS - Hedging strategies

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Notification of UCITS and UCITS management companies; exchange of information between competent authorities

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-07-01

Designation of an agent for the exercise of financial rights; TD Art. 17 and 18

Transparency Directive (TD) Directive 2004/109/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2011-02-25

Major shareholding notification – acquisition of a shareholder; TD Art. 9(1)

Transparency Directive (TD) Directive 2004/109/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2009-10-27

Disclosure of major holdings in case of joint investors' account; TD Art. 9 and 10

Transparency Directive (TD) Directive 2004/109/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2009-10-27

Class by class disclosure; TD Art. 9(1)

Transparency Directive (TD) Directive 2004/109/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2009-04-30

Technical roles of non-EU group entities in transaction signing and signing policies

MiCA · Art. Article 3(1), points (15) and (17); Articles 59, 70, 72 and 75 (9); ESMA Opinion on broker models

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-10-02

Transient exposure of EU client crypto-assets in a non-EU hot wallet during deposits, withdrawals and settlement

MiCA · Art. MiCA Article 3(1), points (15) and (17); Articls 59; Article 70(1); Article 75(9); Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/303; ESMA Opinion on broker models paragraph 8 and footnote 10; ESMA Q&A 2608

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-10-01

DLT and book-entry form definition

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 3

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

CSDs settlement assets

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 40

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

Integration of DLT settlement solution in CSD security settlement system

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 19(1) (c) and Article 16 (4)

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

Extraterritorirality of investor protection rules under MiFID II

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Investor Protection and Intermediaries

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-15

AAR representativeness and intragroup transactions

Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs · Art. Article 7a(3), point (d)

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-06-22

Definition of “Substitutability” of CCPs and the connected reporting of “Alternative Providers” for the purpose of the template Z 09.04 (RESOL II).

Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. 11

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2026-06-18

Impact of the new clearing obligation thresholds on the AAR scope

Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-06-15

Application and interpretation of the 50% / 80% weighting of positive changes under IRRBB SOT

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/856 (RTS on Supervisory Outlier Tests)

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2026-05-11

Geographical allocation of exposures arising from synthetic securitisations for the purposes of the Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCB)

Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) · Art. 140

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2026-04-14

Treatment of assets and positions of affiliates of a clearing member as proprietary assets and positions of that clearing member by CCPs

Regulation 648/2012 - OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) - CCPs

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-04-07

Where to classify Tier2 Subordinated issuances when they loss their MREL computability due to an earlier call (already announced on markets)

Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD) · Art. Z02.00 and Z12.00

EBA Question under review

Submitted 2026-03-27

EMIR Article 7d

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012- MDP

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-03-23

Personal scope of persons professionally arranging or executing transactions under MiCA

MiCA

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-02-12

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