On May 30, ISDA and AFME responded to the ESMA consultation paper Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on major shareholdings and indicative list of financial instruments subject to notification requirements under the revised Transparency Directive. The response highlights positive developments including the aggregation principle, which allows the inclusion of a break down by type of financial instrument (i.e. distinction between cash-settled and physically-settled derivatives) in notifications. The exemptions from notifications for market-making activities (under Article 9.5) and trading books (under Article 9.6) are also positive developments.
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