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  • ESAP First Phase: Where Regulated Disclosures Must Now Be Filed

    On 10 July 2026, ESMA started pulling regulated disclosures into the European Single Access Point (ESAP). The public ESAP portal is not yet accessible; Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 requires ESMA to establish and operate it by 10 July 2027. What went live on 10 July was the plumbing underneath it: from that date, Officially Appointed Mechanisms…

  • G20 Cross-Border Payments Targets: The 2027 Reporting Countdown

    On 8 July 2026, the Financial Stability Board’s Deputy Secretary General, Martin Moloney, told an OMFIF audience that the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments is approaching its finish line without having reached its destination. The G20 cross-border payments targets on cost, speed, transparency and access were set in 2021, and most of them fall…

  • MiFIR Transaction Reporting: Complete Guide to Article 26 Compliance

    What Is MiFIR Transaction Reporting and Why It Matters MiFIR transaction reporting is one of the most operationally demanding requirements in European financial regulation. Every day, thousands of investment firms, trading venues, and systematic internalisers in the EU submit transaction data to national competent authorities (NCAs) under MiFIR Article 26. If you work in post-trade…