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ESMA sets out priorities for the year ahead

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Published on: 09 March 2020

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LNB News 09/03/2020

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Issue Date: 09 March 2020

Published Date: 09 March 2020

Jurisdiction(s): United Kingdom

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2020 Supervision Work Programme, detailing the areas of focus for its supervision of credit rating agencies (CRAs), trade repositories (TRs) and the monitoring of third-country central clearing counterparties (TC-CCPs) and central securities depositories (TC-CSDs). ESMA is also preparing for its new supervisory responsibilities under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), the Securitisation Regulation (SECR), the Benchmarks Regulation and MiFIR.

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