On October 13, the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)published its response to the July consultations published by ESMA on draft technical standards and draft regulatory standards (RTS),implementing technical standards (ITS) on the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation 596/2014) (MAR) and draft technical advice on possible delegated acts concerning MAR.

SMSG has provided, in its response, advice to ESMA on the nine topics covered in the ESMA consultations including identifying key issues in respect of market soundings, insider lists, investment recommendations and manager transactions. The SMSG also sets out general comments on ESMA’s approach to building a single rulebook on market abuse.

The closing date for responses on the ESMA consultations was October 15.  SMSG Response.