| ESMA provides analysis on issuers' potential benefits from an ESG pricing effect
October 6, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets and securities regulator, today publishes an article on the European sustainable debt market, analysing the existence of an ESG pricing effect ('the Greenium') across different types of sustainable-abelled debt instruments. |
| In the article, ESMA notes that it cannot confirm a systematic pricing benefit for any ESG-labelled debt type as of March 2023. However, issuers of ESG bonds did benefit from a statistically significant pricing in the past driven by their issuer-level ESG credentials. |
| 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; |