European Securities and Markets Authority Consults on Draft Guidelines for Management of Exchanges and Data Reporting Service Providers

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The European Securities and Markets Authority published draft Guidelines on the requirements for the management body of market operators and Data Reporting Services Providers respectively. The revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive requires all members of the management body of any market operator to be of sufficiently good repute, possess sufficient knowledge, skills and experience to perform their duties, to commit sufficient time to perform their functions and to act with honesty, integrity and independence of mind. Market operators must also promote diversity and allocate adequate human and financial resources to the induction and training of the management body. Similar requirements are placed on the management body of DRSPs but DRSPs are not required to promote diversity and allocate adequate human and financial resources to the induction and training of the management body.

The proposed Guidelines will apply to the management body of market operators which are the individuals who operate a regulated exchange and to DRSPs. Investment firms operating a multilateral trading facility, an organized trading facility or banks operating a trading venue will not be subject to the proposed Guidelines. Instead the management bodies of operators of these other types of trading venues will be subject to separate Guidelines developed under other provisions of MiFID II and the Capital Requirements Directive which ESMA and the European Banking Authority are expected to consult on soon. The consultation closes on January 5, 2017. ESMA will consider the feedback it receives and intends to publish a final report in Q1 or Q2 2017.

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