On February 28, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments. This information is published for the purposes of the MiFID II/MiFIR transparency requirements, in particular:
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ESMA Announces Results of MiFID II Annual Calculations of LIS and SSTI Thresholds for Bonds
On March 19, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a press release announcing the results of the annual transparency calculations of the large in scale (LIS) and size specific to the instruments (SSTI) thresholds for bonds. ESMA’s publication had originally been planned for March 1, but was postponed as its IT systems required more time than anticipated to complete the calculations, as reported in the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of March 8, 2019.
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ESMA Delays Publication of Annual Calculations of LIS and SSTI Thresholds for 2019/20 Bonds
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On March 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a press release relating to the annual calculation of the large in scale (LIS) and size specific to the instruments (SSTI) thresholds for bonds.
In its press release, ESMA has announced that it will postpone publishing the results of the annual calculations because its IT systems require more time than anticipated to complete them. The publication was originally planned for March 1, in advance of the April 30 deadline set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/ 583, but ESMA will now aim to ensure that publication will take place later in March.
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