ESMA eases transition for third-country CSDs ahead of January deadline

Supervisors told to hold back on enforcement while EU lawmakers finalise a three-year extension of the CSDR transitional regime.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said on 7 October that EU market participants should keep their access to non-EU central securities depositories (CSDs) after the current transitional regime expires on 17 January 2027.