| APAs |
Approved Publication Arrangements |
ESMA |
| ARMs |
Approved Reporting Mechanisms |
ESMA |
| CA |
Contract Agent |
ESMA |
| CCP |
Central Counterparty |
ESMA |
| CEAOB |
Committee of the European Audit Oversight Bodies |
ESMA |
| CMU |
Capital Markets Union |
ESMA |
| COSO |
Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission |
ESMA |
| CRA |
Credit Rating Agency |
ESMA |
| CSD |
Central Securities Depository |
ESMA |
| DG |
Directorate General |
ESMA |
| DQAP |
Data Quality Action Plan |
ESMA |
| DRSP |
Data Reporting Service Providers |
ESMA |
| DVC |
Double Volume Cap |
ESMA |
| EBA |
European Banking Authority |
ESMA |
| ECAI |
External Credit Assessment Institution |
ESMA |
| ECB |
European Central Bank |
ESMA |
| ECON |
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs |
ECON |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
ESMA |
| EFRAG |
European Financial Reporting Advisory Group |
ESMA |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
ESMA |
| EIOPA |
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority |
ESMA |
| ELTIF |
European Long-term Investment Funds |
ESMA |
| EPSO |
European Personnel Selection Office |
ESMA |
| ESA |
European Supervisory Authority |
ESMA |
| ESFS |
European System of Financial Supervision |
ESMA |
| ESG |
Environmental, Social and Governance |
ESMA |
| ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
ESMA |
| ESRB |
European Systemic Risk Board |
ESMA |
| EU |
European Union |
ESMA |
| EURIBOR |
Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
ESMA |
| EuSEF |
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds |
ESMA |
| EuVECA |
European Venture Capital Funds |
ESMA |
| FIRDS |
Financial Instruments Reference Data System |
ESMA |
| FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
ESMA |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
ESMA |
| IASB |
International Accounting Standards Board |
ESMA |
| IFRS |
International Financial Reporting Standards |
ESMA |
| IIO |
Independent Investigation Officer |
ESMA |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
ESMA |
| ISA |
International Standards on Auditing |
ESMA |
| IT |
Information Technology |
ESMA |
| ITS |
Implementing Technical Standards |
ESMA |
| JC |
Joint Committee |
ESMA |
| LEI |
Legal Entity Identifier |
ESMA |
| MB |
Management Board |
ESMA |
| MiCA |
Markets in Crypto Assets |
ESMA |
| MMF |
Money Market Funds |
ESMA |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
ESMA |
| NCA |
National Competent Authority |
ESMA |
| OLAF |
European Anti-Fraud Office |
ESMA |
| OTC |
Over-The-Counter |
ESMA |
| OTFs |
Organised Trading Facilities |
ESMA |
| PRIIPs |
Regulations on Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products |
ESMA |
| RTS |
Regulatory Technical Standard |
ESMA |
| SMSG |
Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group |
ESMA |
| SNE |
Seconded National Expert |
ESMA |
| SR |
Securitisation Regulation |
ESMA |
| STS |
Simple, Transparent and Standardised |
ESMA |
| TA |
Temporary Agent |
ESMA |
| TC-CCP |
Third-Country (non-European) Central Counterparty |
ESMA |
| TR |
Trade Repository |
ESMA |
| TRACE |
ESMA's Trade Repository Data Reporting Tool |
ESMA |
| TRVs |
Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities |
ESMA |
| TS |
Technical Standard |
ESMA |
| UCITS |
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities |
ESMA |
| WG |
Working Group |
ESMA |
| AIFMD |
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directives |
ESMA |
| BMR |
Benchmarks Regulation |
ESMA |
| CRAR |
Credit Rating Agencies Regulation |
ESMA |
| CSDR |
Central Securities Depositories Regulation |
ESMA |
| CSRD |
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
ESMA |
| DORA |
Digital Operational Resilience Act |
ESMA |
| ECSPR |
European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation |
ESMA |
| EMIR |
European Market Infrastructure Regulation |
ESMA |
| ESAP |
European Single Access Point |
ESMA |
| ESEF |
European Single Electronic Format |
ESMA |
| MAR |
Market Abuse Regulation |
ESMA |
| MiFID |
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
ESMA |
| MiFIR |
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation |
ESMA |
| MMFR |
Money Market Funds Regulation |
ESMA |
| SFDR |
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation |
ESMA |
| SFTR |
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation |
ESMA |
| SSR |
Short Selling Regulation |
ESMA |
| Actuary |
It means a fellow of an actuarial body or (in connection with general insurance business) a fellow of the casualty actuarial society who is a member of an actuarial body. |
PRA |
| Actuarial Valuation Date |
It means the date as which the mathematical reserves are calculated.
Mathematical reserves, here, means the provision made by an insurer to cover liabilities (excluding liabilities which have fallen due and liabilities arising from deposit back arrangements) arising under or in connection with contracts of long-term insurance. |
PRA |