05/12/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/12/2021 03:21
The Consultation Paper provides for the Annual Assessment of the operation of the thresholds for the liquidity determination of bonds and the trade percentiles determining the pre-trade SSTI-threshold which is currently subject to a a four-stage phase-in regime under RTS 2.
The Consultation proposes to:
These proposals are designed to increase the transparency available to market participants in the bond market.
Next steps
ESMA will consider the feedback and expects to publish a final report and submit, if necessary, regulatory technical standards to the European Commission for endorsement in July 2021. Following such endorsement, the RTS are then subject to a non-objection procedure by the European Parliament and the Council.
Further information:
Dan Nacu-Manole
Communications Officer
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