Will ESRS Data End the Need for ESG Ratings?
Regulatory status checked: 10 August 2026. The European Sustainability Reporting Standards are increasing the availability of company-reported sustainability information. This can give investors more direct access to information about environmental, social and governance matters. It does not, however, make external analysis or ESG ratings automatically redundant. The reporting framework has changed The first companies subject […]
Are You Ready for PSD3?
Regulatory status checked: 10 August 2026. The EU’s review of the payment-services framework consists of two related legislative files: a proposed third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a directly applicable Payment Services Regulation (PSR). The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the package on 27 November 2025. Formal adoption and […]
Be Careful – Disclosure Regulation May Not Disclose Very Much…
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) requires Financial Market participants and Financial Advisors to report on the consolidated impact on 14+2+2 mandatory (+2 voluntary) Principal Adverse Impact indicators (PAIs). The first report had to be made by June 30th, 2023, covering 2022. To understand the current status of reporting, CMP has done a collection of […]
Developments in transaction reporting infrastructure – observations from a practitioner
Regulatory status checked: 10 August 2026. Transaction reporting is a specialised operational discipline. Institutions must combine data from trading, customer, contract and collateral systems, apply regulatory logic, submit reports in the required format and process feedback from the receiving infrastructure. This article was originally written before the revised EMIR reporting standards became applicable. The current […]
Important Agenda with uncertain and incomplete data
The reporting season has started, and it is now possible to take an early measure of the status of ESG reporting. A bit of context here: financial institutions and providers of financial investment products such as investment funds or portfolio management solutions are required under EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) to report on several […]
CO2 Data – Now the Fun Begins
Financial Market Participants, regulators and the press currently have a strong focus on greenwashing and on following up on ambitious targets made over the past year. The efforts might be thwarted by a simultaneous increased focus on expanding reporting of CO2 emissions as a shift in the data obscures any progressive actions taken. CMP sees […]