Central Bank of Ireland

• The Central Bank revises Guidance on the Transparency Regulatory Framework to reflect requirements stemming from the ESEF Regulation
• Supervisory Statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
• The Central Bank publishes MiFID Structured Retail Product Review industry letter
• “The role of financial regulation in building resilience, anticipating risk, and protecting citizens – in steady times and through shocks” - Speech by Director General, Financial Conduct, Derville Rowland
• Opening Statement by Gerry Cross, Director, Financial Regulation - Policy & Risk at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
• 'Changing individual behaviour and culture in financial services' - Speech by Director General, Financial Conduct Derville Rowland
• "The importance of effective governance, culture, and agility in a changing environment" - Remarks by Derville Rowland, Director General Financial Conduct, at the Institute of Banking/Compliance Institute seminar

European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA)

• ESMA postpones the annual calculations of LIS and SSTI for bonds and the quarterly bonds liquidity assessment
• ESAs publish joint annual report for 2021
• ESAs see recovery stalling amid existing and new risks
• ESMA publishes complementary annual transparency calculations
• ESMA responds to European Commission consultation on EMIR Review
• ESG funds provided better returns for investors in 2020
• ESMA publishes its final report on the review of the short selling regulation
• ESMA seeks experts in sustainable finance for its new consultative working group
• New Questions and Answers available
• ESMA postpones RTS 2 Annual Review
• ESMA sees EMIR and SFTR data quality improve following coordinated actions
• ESMA makes available ISINs before second publication of annual transparency calculations
• ESMA publishes follow-up report to the peer review on the guidelines on the enforcement of financial information
• ESMA and NCAs find room for improvement in funds’ liquidity stress testing
• ESMA issues its 2021 corporate reporting enforcement and regulatory report
• ESMA makes recommendations for DRSP management bodies
• ESMA proposes amendments on the review of transparency requirements under MiFIR
• Actively managed funds fail to outperform benchmarks during market stress
• ESMA publishes its final report on the EU Carbon Market
• ESMA updates on third-country CCPs recognition decisions
• ESMA extends UK CCPs’ recognition decisions
• ESMA fines REGIS-TR €186,000 for EMIR data breaches
• EU financial regulators warn consumers on the risks of crypto-assets
• ESMA published its assessment and recommendations on the EC’s MiFIR review proposal
• ESMA coordinates regulatory response to the war in Ukraine and its impact on EU financial markets
• ESMA finds shortcomings in supervision of cross-border investment activities and issues specific recommendations to CYSEC
• ESMA makes available the results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments