This document reports on the direct supervisory activities carried out by ESMA during 2014 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TRs) within the European Union (EU). It sets out ESMAs key areas of action during 2014 and outlines ESMA’s main priorities for 2015.

This consultation paper includes an assessment of current electronic reporting; an analysis of the policy objectives included in the transparency Directive and explores ways forward with regards to the establishment of an ESEF by taking into account technical developments in financial markets...

This Technical Advice provides a background to steps taken so far to reduce reliance on credit ratings by market participants, ESMA’s views in respect of the use of ratings across certain member states, the views of market participants on credit ratings and potential alternative indicators,...

This final report incorporates the feedback received to the consultation on the CDS classes and explains the reasons for reflecting or not the stakeholders roposals to the draft RTS. It follows the same structure as the consultation paper.Section 3 provides explanations on the procedural aspects...