ESMA provides overview of EU securitisation markets

September 21, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes a study setting out the details of the EU securitisation market.
Main findings
Overall, the size of the European securitisation market has decreased significantly since the EUR 2tn it reached at the end of 2010.

At end-2022, there were 390 individual securitised products outstanding in the EU as reported to the registered securitisation repositories, amounting to EUR 540bn. 54% of these outstanding amounts were linked to residential mortgages, followed by automobile loans (16%), loans to SMEs (15%) and consumer loans (12%). 86% of the outstanding was originated in the five largest markets, namely FR (25%), DE (21%), IT (17%), ES (13%), and NL (10%).

ESMA finalises technical standards on derivatives transparency and the OTC derivatives tape

December 15, 2025-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, published today the Final Report covering mandates under the MiFIR Review on derivatives trade transparency, package orders and the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives consolidated tape input and output data.

France Eases Retail Crypto Rules as Europe Unlocks Access for Millions

December 9, 2025-AMF doctrine shift follows UK and Nordic moves;
CoinShares leads the European market with a 32% AUM share
CoinShares International Limited ("CoinShares" or "the Group") (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS; USOTCQX: CNSRF) - a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets, which has announced a merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp (Nasdaq: VCIC), welcomes France's AMF decision to open retail access to regulated crypto ETNs.