EU watchdog moves to ground equity-market transparency debate in evidence
By Fanny Roux ( June 4, 2026, 09:55 GMT | Comment) -- The European Securities and Markets Authority is stepping in as referee in the business dispute between trading venues and banks that execute trades internally with less-stringent transparency requirements. The supervisor’s chair Verena Ross said legislative decisions on the matter should be based on pan-European data, and that ESMA is to publish a report on equity market structure in the second half of the year to inform the legislators.The EU market watchdog is seeking to inform the equity market transparency debate, amid a resurgent dispute between trading venues and banks that execute trades internally with less-stringent transparency requirements — known as systematic internalizers, or SIs....
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