ESMA proposes amendment to simplify cash penalties process for cleared transactions under CSDR
        
    
            
                ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations
            
    
    
            
            
    
        
            Date:
            
                24 November 2022
            
        
            On 21 November 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) 
published a Final Report on amending the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the Settlement discipline, to simplify the cash penalties process by putting the CSDs in charge of collection and distribution, including for CCP-cleared transactions.