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On 20 April 2022, Corrie Bauckham Batts Limited entered liquidation. John Dean Cullen and Rachel Helen Lai of Menzies LLP were appointed as joint liquidators of Corrie Bauckham Batts Limited. Corrie Bauckham Batts Limited is an FCA-authorised and regulated Lloyd’s wholesale insurance broker. The firm placed the non-marine insurance business into the London Market on...

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA – published today its 2021 Annual Report, providing a detailed account of its joint work completed over the past year. The Joint Committee, under ESMA’s chairmanship in 2021, continued to play a central role in the coordination and exchange of information...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, is seeking candidates for its newly established Consultative Working Group (CWG) of the Coordination Network on Sustainability (CNS). The CWG will have approximately 20 members, selected for a renewable term of two years, and will be composed of experts in sustainable finance. The...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today published the second edition of its Data Quality Report based on data gathered under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and, for the first time in 2021, the Securitised Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting regimes. The Report presents an analysis of data...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) setting out criteria for the sound and prudent management of Data Reporting Services Providers (DRSPs) as well as for their operational effectiveness under MiFIR. The draft RTS build on ESMA’s Guidelines for DRSPs and address...