New report sheds light on quality and use of regulatory data across EU

March 11, 2024--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is publishing today the fourth edition of its Report on the Quality and Use of Data aiming to provide transparency on how the data collected under different regulations is used systematically by authorities in the EU, and clarifying the actions taken to ensure data quality.

ESMA is bringing new developments in this edition such as connecting the dots with the overall ESMA Data strategy and technological evolution, including a greater coverage of datasets and sharing highly demanded information on data quality indicators.

The report provides details on how National Competent Authorities (NCA’s), the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and ESMA use the data that is collected through the year from different legislation requirements, including datasets from European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFIR), Securitisation Regulation, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and Money Market Funds Regulation(MMFR).

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