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ESMA Provides FAQ on Common Definitions for European Money Market Funds Under UCITS
As part of the revised Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive in Europe, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Q&A document that details its guidelines for regulators regarding common definitions for the supervision of money market funds. The paper is aimed at getting European regulators in synch with regards to the treatment of these instruments across the region and to this end, includes information about the expected treatment of ratings (internal and external), details of semantics related to these funds and ESMA’s expectations for firms’ treatment of these instruments.
Who’s Certified to Operate as a Credit Ratings Agency in Europe?
As part of the regulatory crackdown on ratings agency in the post-crisis financial markets environment (and in accordance with Article 18(3) of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is required to publish a list of all credit ratings agencies that have been registered or certified to operate in the European region. Currently, there are nine on the list that have registered since November last year, six of whom are registered in Germany.
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