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  • EBA And ESMA Consult On Two Sets Of Joint Guidelines On Suitability Assessments Of The Management Body And Holders Of Qualifying Holdings Under MiCAR

    Date 20/10/2023

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published a Consultation Paper on two draft Joint Guidelines covering suitability assessment of members of the management body, and suitability of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings of issuers of asset referenced tokens (ARTs) and of crypto-asset service provider (CASPs). The guidance will provide clarity and harmonisation with respect to the criteria to assess the suitability of the management body, the shareholders and members with qualifying holdings, thus reducing the risk of arbitrage in the application of the rules. The consultation runs until 22 January 2024.

  • EBA And ESMA Consult On Two Sets Of Joint Guidelines Under MiCA

    Date 20/10/2023

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published a Consultation Paper on two draft Joint Guidelines covering suitability assessment of members of the management body, and suitability of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings of issuers of asset referenced tokens (ARTs) and of crypto-asset service provider (CASPs). The guidance will provide clarity and harmonisation with respect to the criteria to assess the suitability of the management body, the shareholders and members with qualifying holdings, thus reducing the risk of arbitrage in the application of the rules. The consultation runs until 22 January 2024.

  • The EBA Consults On Draft Technical Standards On The Procedure For The Approval Of White Papers Of Asset-Reference Tokens Issued By Credit Institutions Under The Markets In Crypto-Assets Regulation

    Date 20/10/2023

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the procedure for the approval of white papers of asset-reference tokens (ARTs) issued by credit institutions. These draft RTS aim at harmonising the approval procedure across the European Union by laying down the steps and timeframes to be followed by credit institutions and by the relevant competent authority. The consultation runs until 22 January 2024.

  • Bank Of England: Minutes Of The CBDC Engagement Forum - September 2023

    Date 20/10/2023

    The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (EST) thanked members for the contribution to the CBDC Engagement Forum, noting the importance of hearing from experts to ensure the Bank of England (the Bank) and His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) understand the commercial, technical and operational opportunities and challenges of a digital pound. The EST noted that the Government had committed to primary legislation ahead of any introduction of the digital pound.

  • London Stock Exchange - 19 October 2023 - Technical Incident Update

    Date 20/10/2023

    At 15:11 BST on Thursday 19 October, all instruments on Partition 3 (of 3) of the LSE Order Book entered into a Halt state. This affected all instruments except for constituents of the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices and International Order Book securities.