ESMA seeks investor protection and intermediaries experts for stakeholder panel

IPISC undertakes ESMA’s work relating to the provision of investment services and activities to different categories of clients by investment firms and credit institutions, as well as the provision of crowdfunding services by crowdfunding service providers. Particular regard is made to investor protection, including the distribution of financial instruments and, more in general, to authorisation of investment firms and crowdfunding service providers, conduct of business and organisational requirements, product intervention rules, crypto assets, as regulated by the Markets in Financial Instruments framework (MiFID II/MiFIR and their implementing acts in the area of investor protection and the regulation of intermediaries) and the European crowdfunding service providers for business regulation.

The purpose of the CWG is to provide technical assistance to ESMA in the above areas. CWG members are selected for a renewable term of two years. Interested experts are asked to send their application by 7 January 2022 following the procedure in the call for expression of interest.