ESMA Severely Criticized For Ignoring Interests Of CCPs

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Hira Shahnawaz Akhtar
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European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) presented a set of Draft Technical Standards earlier this month, with regard to regulation on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, Central Counterparties (CCPs), and Trade Repositories. ESMA has to write about 40 technical standards to meet a G20 pledge for reform of the OTC derivatives market, in order to protect the market participants from significant systematics risk. This pledge is a direct response to the market failure of 2008, which has largely been blamed on the freely functioning OTC markets. However, the standards proposed by ESMA have been under severe criticism by the investment community. One…

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Hira is a financial analyst whose expertise lies in commodity and other financial markets. Hira is currently an independent financial consultant and is working with many international firms like American Arab Solutions (AAS). She has previously served as a Senior Research Analyst at Alternate Research (Pvt.) Ltd. as the Team Leader for the International Equities Research. She has also worked as an equities analyst of Pakistani E&P stocks at Invest Capital Markets. She has experience in business development and conducting feasibility studies in commodity markets, specifically in sugar, palm oil and canola oilseeds. She has cleared all three levels of her CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and has an undergraduate degree in Finance.