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Articoli Correlati: ESMA - achievements - Annual Report

On June 15^th, 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, issued an Annual Report concerning the objectives, aims and achievements for the year 2021 per the protection of the investors. According to the report, specific achievements concerned the recognition and tiering of third-country central counterparties, the coordination of supervisory activity across the EU through its Union strategic supervisory priorities, and the preparation for the supervision of data reporting service providers. ESMA’s Chair, Verena Ross claimed that: “Last year was a transitional one for ESMA, marking not only its 10th anniversary and the beginning of its second decade as the EU’s securities markets regulator, but also a renewal of the organisation with a new senior management team. I take this opportunity to thank both Steven Maijoor for his work as ESMA’s first Chair and Anneli Tuominen, who acted as Interim Chair. Our major areas of focus in 2021 included protecting investors where their growing engagement in sustainable and digital finance risks them being subject to greenwashing and scams, ensuring effective and converged EU supervision, and to supporting the renewed focus on developing a true capital markets union’.