IMF Staff Country Reports

European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on European Securities and Markets Authority

March 15, 2013

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International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on European Securities and Markets Authority", IMF Staff Country Reports 2013, 069 (2013), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475552201.002

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Summary

This article reviews the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of the European Union. ESMA performed a role in the regulation and supervision of the securities market. ESMA was created to supervise the financial system to enhance financial markets. In crisis management, ESMA focused on coordination, and identified and monitored risks. It also played an important role in the single rule book credit rating agency supervision. The assessment of the ESMA in the European Union is a next level in economic development.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Crisis management, Financial crises, Financial markets, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Labor, Public financial management (PFM), Securities markets

Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, CR, Crisis management, ESMA chair, ESMA official, ESMA regulation, ESMA staff, Europe, Financial sector stability, Global, governance structure, ISCR, Securities markets, simulation exercise