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ESMA Risk Dashboard No. 1, 2020 © European Securities and Markets Authority, Paris, 2020. All rights reserved. Brief excerpts may be reproduced or translated provided the source is cited adequately. The reporting period for this Risk Dashboard is 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2020, unless otherwise indicated. Legal reference for this Report: Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC, Article 32 “Assessment of market developments”, 1. “The Authority shall monitor and assess market developments in the area of its competence and, where necessary, inform the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), and the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), the ESRB and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission about the relevant micro-prudential trends, potential risks and vulnerabilities. The Authority shall include in its assessments an economic analysis of the markets in which financial market participants operate, and an assessment of the impact of potential market developments on such financial market participants.” The information contained in this publication, including text, charts and data, exclusively serves analytical purposes. It does not provide forecasts or investment advice, nor does it prejudice, preclude or influence in any way past, existing or future regulatory or supervisory obligations by market participants. The charts and analyses in this report are, fully or in part, based on data not proprietary to ESMA, including from commercial data providers and public authorities. ESMA uses these data in good faith and does not take responsibility for their accuracy or completeness. ESMA is committed to constantly improving its data sources and reserves the right to alter data sources at any time. The third-party data used in this publication may be subject to provider-specific disclaimers, especially regarding their ownership, their reuse by non-customers and, in particular, their accuracy, completeness or timeliness, and the provider’s liability related thereto. Please consult the websites of the individual data providers, whose names are given throughout this report, for more details on these disclaimers. Where third-party data are used to create a chart or table or to undertake an analysis, the third party is identified and credited as the source. In each case, ESMA is cited by default as a source, reflecting any data management or cleaning, processing, matching, analytical, editorial or other adjustments to raw data undertaken. ISBN 978-92-95202-19-1, DOI 10.2856/824070, ISSN 25998749, EK-AC-18-001-EN-N European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Risk Analysis and Economics Department 201-203 rue de Bercy FR–75012 Paris risk.analysis@esma.europa.eu

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ESMA risk assessment Risk summary

The Covid-19 pandemic, in combination with the valuation risks to which we had alerted in ESMA’s previous risk assessments, led to massive equity market corrections in 1Q20. We provided an RD up-date on 2 April to inform about the new risk landscape. Since this risk up-date, markets have seen a remarkable rebound, not least in light of massive public policy interventions in the EU and elsewhere. As the market environment remains fragile, we maintain our risk assessment: Going forward, we see a prolonged period of risk to institutional and retail investors of further – possibly significant – market corrections and see very high risks across the whole of the ESMA remit. To what extent these risks will further materialise will critically depend on two drivers: the economic impact of the pandemic, and any occurrence of additional external events in an already fragile global environment. The impact on EU corporates and their credit quality, and on credit institutions are of particular concern, as are growing corporate and public indebtedness, as well as the sustainability of the recent market rebound.

ESMA remit Risk categories Risk drivers

Level Outlook Level Outlook

Outlook

Overall ESMA remit Liquidity

Macroeconomic environment

Securities markets Market

Interest-rate environment

Infrastructures and services Contagion

Sovereign and private debt markets

Asset management Credit

Infrastructure disruptions

Consumers Operational

Political and event risks Note: Assessment of the main risks by risk segments for markets under ESMA’s remit since the last assessment, and outlook for the forthcoming quarter. Assessment of the main risks by risk categories and sources for markets under ESMA’s remit since the last assessment, and outlook for the forthcoming quarter. Risk assessment based on categorisation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) Joint Committee. Colours indicate current risk intensity. Coding: green=potential risk, yellow=elevated risk, orange=high risk, red=very high risk. Upward arrows indicate an increase in risk intensities, downward arrows a decrease and horizontal arrows no change. Change is measured with respect to the previous quarter; the outlook refers to the forthcoming quarter. ESMA risk assessment based on quantitative indicators and analyst judgement.

Market assessment Overall ESMA remit: In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the EU economy and financial markets in 1Q20, ESMA assesses the risks in its overall remit, the securities markets, infrastructures and in asset management as very high for the time being. The same applies to liquidity and market risks, and we expect a rise in operational, credit, contagion and consumer risks.

Securities markets: Equity prices saw a major price correction, with peak-to-trough falls (-33% for Eurostoxx) and volatility levels (above 100% for Eurostoxx 1M implied volatility – R.35) comparable to the Global Financial Crisis. In light of massive public policy interventions in the EU and elsewhere, including fiscal, monetary and regulatory relief measures, market conditions have partially improved since end-March. Still, EU equities remain 25% below the pre-crisis levels (40% for EU banks). EU sovereign markets started to show signs of growing fragmentation, with a peak in spreads at 146bps on average for EU member’s ten-year yields (R.43), before decreasing after ECB interventions mid-March. Corporate bond spreads jumped (R.45), although they remained far below the levels reached in 2008 or in 2012. Overall market conditions improved slightly towards the end of the quarter. To support transparency, ESMA on 16 March lowered the reporting threshold of net short

1

https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/esma71-99-1291_pr_ssr_measure_march_2020.pdf

positions on shares to 0.1%.1 Several Member States also imposed short or long-term short-selling bans (AT, BE, FR, GR, IT, ES).

Infrastructures and services: Trading volumes surged to all-time highs and circuit breakers (CBs) were triggered extensively (R.52). No major disruption occurred at EU trading venues or CCPs. Individual cases of clearing member defaults occurred at an US CCP and a commodity clearinghouse in Poland, not registered as an EU CCP. Some initial margin model parameters were updated to respond to the higher volatility. In application of the CCP risk management frameworks, initial and variation margins increased significantly, including intra-day margins calls. EU CSDs were also put under stress with settlement fails at high levels in March across asset classes (e.g. jumping for equities to around 12%, R.7), amid heavily increased settlement volumes and overall turnover. Fails were reported to be mainly caused by operational rather than liquidity issues and were usually resolved within one to five days. The proportion of fails receded while still remaining above pre-crisis levels. In addition to COVID-19 related turbulences, Brexit remains a source of risk. In the area of central clearing, 78% of non-UK EEA counterparties clearing their derivative positions are doing so at UK CCPs (based on notional amounts outstanding, as of 10 January 2020). For CSDs, as of January 2020, 16% of transactions are settled at a UK CSD.

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Asset management: The asset management industry experienced turbulences with ETFs showing signs of price dislocation and massive outflows, together with UCITS and MMFs. Performance decreased across asset classes in line with market valuations. Suspensions also increased around mid-March amid general signs of low fund liquidity. Low market liquidity proved particularly challenging for high-yield, real estate and money market funds, impeding the valuation and rebalancing of portfolios. Outflows and liquidity conditions stabilised towards the end of the quarter across asset classes. Rotation from equity to bond funds came to a halt in 1Q20, with both EU equity and bond funds recording inflows during the first half of 1Q20 and outflows during the COVID-19 market turbulences.

Retail investors: Investor sentiment plunged in March after having picked-up in December 2019 from previous lows. In the UCITS universe, retail investors focus mainly on equity and bonds (over 90% of total retail investment in UCITS) as opposed to money market funds or UCITS with alternative strategies. The shift from actively to passively managed funds continued, with shares of passive equity UCITS and ETFs continuing to grow, to 11% and 18% respectively at the end of 2019, up from 10% and 15% in 2018.

Risk drivers Macroeconomic environment: Macroeconomic forecasts have been revised downwards continuously during 1Q20 as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded. Latest forecasts2 predict a severe recession worldwide with the EU being particularly affected. Governments and central banks have responded with massive fiscal and monetary policy measures. Size and length of the recession will depend on the duration of the pandemic as well as the effectiveness of the policy measures. Price developments and volatility on commodity markets, in particular on oil markets, will potentially weigh on market sentiment and on overall economic conditions.

Interest-rate environment: Central bank policy rates remained globally at low levels in 1Q20. Central banks provided further massive support as the COVID-19 situation evolved. The pandemic and its economic effects should be expected to spur uncertainty in the time to come. Low for long interest rates affect bank margins, put a strain on insurers and pensions and could fuel search for yield behaviours.

Sovereign and private debt markets: Public financing needs are predicted to rise in light of the COVID-19 fiscal policy responses. In January, several member states issued long term-debt, with issuances being oversubscribed. Net debt issuance was close to zero in 1Q20, starting to rise compared to several quarters of negative debt issuance in the EU before (-EUR 130 bn in 4Q19). Sovereign yields peaked during the third week of March only to come back to lower levels after the ECB announcements. On corporate bond markets, yields and spreads rose sharply, reaching a plateau after the ECB announcements, remaining at high levels after that. This reflects increased credit risk and potential future credit rating downgrades. Liquidity on public and private debt markets worsened significantly across indicators. Although not a concern in the short run, debt sustainability issues could arise with the expected high levels of public and private debt that will come out of the current crisis.

Infrastructure disruptions: Despite the surge in activity and market movements that EU infrastructures had to cope with, no major disruption occurred in 1Q20. Circuit breakers were widely used, with a peak above 4400 in one week mid-March, against a long-run weekly average of 81 (R.36). Trading capacity was also tested with volumes reaching all-time highs (R.8). Finally, cyber-attack risks, cyber-related business disruption or data breaches remain among the most widely cited risk sources in the financial industry.

Political and event risk: While monetary and fiscal policy actions have been taken or are underway, uncertainty over the economic impact of COVID-19 is expected to translate into further volatile financial market conditions. In the EU, Brexit will remain on the agenda. Financial institutions should continue to prepare for the end of the UK’s transition period, scheduled for 31 December 2020. Within this timeframe, negotiations are aimed at a framework for regulatory and supervisory cooperation, including equivalence assessments in various areas such as central clearing, central securities depositaries or admissions to trading. Recently, public statements made by the UK Government have given rise to concerns of a future divergence of UK policies from the EU. In the event that an agreement cannot be achieved before 1 January 2021 and the UK proceeds to end the transition period, similar cliff-edge risks that were previously expected in case of a “no-deal Brexit” may arise.

2 IMF World Economic Outlook, Chapter 1, April 2020

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Key indicators

Markets Securities markets

R.1 R.2

Market performance Market volatilities

Biggest drop for Equities and commodities Volatilities at 2008 levels

R.3 R.4

Corporate bond yields by ratings Equity prices

Sharp parallel increase across ratings Rebound for all sectors but banks

R.5 R.6

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Equities Commodities

Corporate bonds Sovere ign bonds

Note: Return indices on EU equities (Datas tream regional index), globalcommodities (S&P GSCI) converted to EUR, EA cor porate and soverei gnbonds (iBoxx EUR, all maturities). 01/02/2018=100.

Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Equities Commodities

Corporate bonds Sovere ign bonds

Note: Annualised 40D volatility of return i ndices on EU equities (Datastreamregional index), global commodities (S&P GSCI) converted to EUR, EAcorporate and sovereign bonds (iBoxx EUR, all maturities), in %.

Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

AAA AA A

BBB 5Y-MA

Note: : ICE BofAML EA corporate bond redemption yields by r ating, in %. 5Y-MA=five-year moving average of all indices.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

140

May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20 May-20

Banks Financial services

Insurance Non-financia ls

Note: STOXX Europe 600 sectoral return indices. 01/04/2018=100.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

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Sovereign 10Y yields Price earning ratios

Mid-March peak, then back to lower levels Drop to 10Y averages with market correction

Markets Infrastructures and services

R.7 R.8

Settlement fails €STR rate and volumes

Massive impact of market turbulences Transition going smoothly

R.9 R.10

-1

0

1

2

3

4

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

BE DE ES

FR IT SE

US 1Y-MA

Note: Yi elds on 10Y soverei gn bonds, selec ted countries, in %. 1Y-MA=one-year moving average of EA 10Y bond indices computed by Datastream.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

US EA

10Y-AVG US 10Y-AVG EA

Note: Price-earning ratios based on average infl ation-adjus ted earni ngs fromthe previous 10 years (cyclically adjusted price-earning ratios). Averagescomputed from the most recent data point up to 10 years before.

Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Corporate bonds 6M-MA corpEquities 6M-MA equitiesGovernment bonds 6M-MA gov

Note: Share of failed settlement instruc tions in the EU27, in % of val ue, one-week moving averages. Jump in December 2018 due to a single transacti onof EUR 500 bn ins tructed on 10 December with settlement requested on the

same day, which was finally cancelled on 18 December.Sources: National Competent Authorities, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

-0.7

-0.6

-0.5

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

Dec-18 Feb-19 Apr-19 Jun-19 Aug-19 Oct-19 Dec-19

Total volume (rhs)

Volume-weighted trimmed mean rate

Rate at 25th percentile of volume

Rate at 75th percentile of volume

Note: €STR rate at 50th, 75th and 25th percentile of the volume (in % lhs)and volumes (in EUR tn).Sources: Refinitv Datastream, ECB, ESMA.

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IRS referencing EONIA and Euribor by maturity Initial Margins held at EU CCPs

Still significant amounts outstanding Increase in margins as of 3Q19

R.11

CCP Margin breaches

Below 1% in 4Q19

Markets Asset management

R.12 R.13

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

before end-21 after end-21

Tri

llio

ns

EONIA EURIBOR

Note: Gross notional am ount of IRS outstanding referenci ng EONIA andEURIBOR by maturities in the EU. As of 27 March 2020, in EUR tn.Sources: TRs, ESMA.

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

4Q17 1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19

margin required additional margins

Note: Initi al margin required as well as additional margin posted by EU CCP,in EUR bn.Sources: Clarus Financial Technology, CPMI-IOSCO PQD, ESMA.

0.00%

0.10%

0.20%

0.30%

0.40%

0.50%

0.60%

0.00%

0.02%

0.04%

0.06%

0.08%

0.10%

0.12%

0.14%

0.16%

breaches of ini tia l margin -average uncovered exposure

breaches of ini tia l margin -peak uncovered exposure (rhs)

Note: Average and maximum margin breach size over the past 12 month forEU CCPs reporting, as a percentage of the total margi n held. as of 31December 2019.

Sources: Clarus Financial Technology, PQD, ESMA.

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Global investment funds Fund performance

Outflows across types and regional focus Negative across asset classes

R.14 R.15

Assets by fund type Rate of return volatilities by fund type

Growing fund industry Jump in volatilities

R.16 R.17

Leverage by fund type EU bond fund net flows

Reduced leverage for HF in 2019 Outflows for all types of bond funds

R.18 R.19

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Emerging markets BF Global BF

North America BF Europe BF

Emerging markets EF Global EF

Note: Bond and equity funds (BF and EF) flows over time by regionalinvestment focus, in % of NAV.Sources: REFINITIV Lipper, ESMA.

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Alternatives Equity

Bond Commodity

Note: EU-domiciled inves tment funds' annual average monthly retur ns, assetweighted, in %.Sources: Thomson Reuters Lipper, ESMA.

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20

Bond Equity HF

Mixed Other Real estate

Note: AuM of EA funds by fund type, EUR tn. HF=Hedge funds.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Alternative Equity Bond

Commodity Mixed Real Estate

Note: Annualised 40D historical return volatility of EU domiciled mutual funds,in %.Sources: Thomson Reuters Lipper, ESMA.

1.00

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.30

1.35

Jan-18 May-18 Sep-18 Jan-19 May-19 Sep-19 Jan-20

Bond Equity HF

Mixed Other Real estate

Note: EA inves tment funds' l everage by fund type computed as the AuM/NAVratio.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

Mar-18 Sep-18 Mar-19 Sep-19 Mar-20

Government Emerging HY

Corporate MixedBonds OtherNote: Two-month cumulative net flows for bond funds, EUR bn. Fundsinvesting in corporate and government bonds that qualify for another categoryare only reported once e.g. funds investing in emer ging government bonds

reported as Emer ging; funds investing in HY corporate bonds reported asHY).Sources: Thomson Reuters Lipper, ESMA.

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Bond funds credit risks Bond funds’ maturity and liquidity profile

Lower credit quality for HY Stable maturity, lower liquidity

R.20 R.21

MMF assets and leverage MMF liquidity and maturity

Increasing size, but lower leverage in 2019 Oscillating liquidity

R.22 R.23

ETF NAV by asset type ETF net flows by domicile

Declining NAV for all types of ETFs Large outflows

3

4

5

6

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

BF HY

Note: Average credit quality (S&P ratings; 1= AAA; 4= BBB; 10 = D).Sources: Thomson Reuters Lipper, ESMA.

BB

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

500

1

2

3

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5

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8

9

10

Mar-15 Jan-16 Nov-16 Sep-17 Jul-18 May-19 Mar-20

BF maturity

HY maturity

BF l iquidity ra tio (rhs)

HY l iquidi ty ra tio (rhs)

Note: Effective average maturity of fund assets in years; ESMA liquidityratio (rhs, in reverse order).Sources: Thomson Reuters Lipper, ESMA.

1.00

1.01

1.02

1.03

1.04

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

4Q14 4Q15 4Q16 4Q17 4Q18 4Q19

AuM NAV

Leverage ( rhs) 5Y-MA (rhs)

Note: NAV and AuM of EA MMFs, EUR tn. Leverage computed as theAuM/NAV ratio. 5Y-MA lev=five-year moving average for the leverage ratio.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Nov-17 Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19

WAM Weekly liquidityNote: Wei ghted average maturity (WAM) of EU prime MMFs, in days .Aggregati on carried out by w eighti ng indivi dual MMFs' WAM by AuM. Weeklyliquidity includes all assets maturing within 5 days, shar es by AAA MMFs,

securities issued by hi ghly rated sovereigns , supranational or governmentagencies or with a maturity of less than one year, i n % of total assets .Aggregation carried out using individual MMF data weighted by AuM.Sources: Fitch Ratings, ESMA.

0

200

400

600

800

1000

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Mixed Assets Alternatives Money Market

Commodity Other Bond

Note: NAV of EU ETFs by asset type, EUR bn.Sources: Refinitiv Lipper, ESMA.

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

EU US

Note: ETF net flows by domicile, in % of NAV.Sources: Refinitiv Lipper, ESMA.

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Markets Consumers

R.24 R.25

EA households’ net acquisition of financial assets Investor sentiment

More currency, deposits and other financials Sentiment collapsed after recent pick-up

R.26 R.27

Complaints by cause Complaints by financial instruments

Mainly execution of orders Increase in complaints related to UCIT/AIFs

Risk categories Liquidity risk

R.28 R.29

-5

0

5

10

3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 3Q18 3Q19

Net financial liab ilities Equity and IF sharesOther financial assets Debt securitiesCurrency and deposits Net financial flows

Note: N et acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of li abilities for EAhouseholds as a share of their gross disposabl e income adjusted for changesin pension entitl ements, based on a one-year rolling period, in %. IF

shares=inves tment fund shares . Other financial assets=Insurance technicalreserves, financi al derivatives, loans granted and other accounts receivable.Net financial flows=Net household lending (positive values) or borrowing(negative values) to/from sectoral financial accounts . Liabilities multiplied by -1 to present as outflows.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

EA institutional current EA retail current

EA institutional future EA retail fu ture

Note: Sentix Sentiment Indicators for the EA retail and institutional investorson a ten-year horizon. The zero benchmark is a risk-neutral position.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

4Q17 2Q18 4Q18 2Q19 4Q19

Portfolio managementInvestment adviceExecution of orders

Note: Share of complaints received vi a firms by quarterly-reporting NCAs(n=17) associated with a given MiFID service (EO/IA/PM), excludi ngcomplaints with no such category recor ded, %. 'Total i ncludi ng

N/A'=number of complai nts via this reporting channel incl uding those withcause recorded as 'other' or 'N/A'. 'EO''=. execution or transmission oforders. 'IA'=.investment advice. 'PM'=portfolio management.

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

4Q17 2Q18 4Q18 2Q19 4Q19

CFDs Options/futures/swapsUCITS/AIFs Money market securitiesStructured securities Debt securitiesEquities Total including N/A (rhs)Total excluding N/A (rhs)

Note: Share of NCA complai nts recevi ed via firms by quarterly-reportingNCAs (n=17) associated with a given financi al instr ument type, excludingcomplaints with financial instr ument type recorded as 'other' or 'N/A', %.

'Total includi ng N/A'=number of complai nts via these reporting channelsincluding those with instr ument recorded as 'other' or 'N/A'.'CFDs''=Contracts for DifferencesSources: ESMA complaints database

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Composite equity liquidity index Composite sovereign bond liquidity index

Liquidity dry-up in March Liquidity dry-up in March

R.30 R.31

Corporate bond liquidity Bond futures liquidity

Liquidity dry-up in March Liquidity dry-up in March

R.32 R.33

Sovereign repo volumes Repo market specialness

Slight increase in volumes Spike in March, but still around usual levels

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Illiquid ity index 2Y-MA

Note: Composite indicator of illiquidity i n the equity market for the currentSTOXX Europe Lar ge 200 constituents, computed by applying the principalcomponent methodology to six input liqui dity measures (Amihud illiquidity

coefficient, bi d-ask spread, Hui-Heubel ratio, turnover value, inverse turnoverratio and market efficiency coeffici ent). T he i ndicator range is between 0(higher liquidity) and 1 (lower liquidity).Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Euro MTS Domestic MTS

1Y-MA Domestic 1Y-MA Euro MTSNote: C omposite indicator of market liquidity in the sovereign bond market forthe domestic and Euro MTS pl atforms, computed by applying the principalcomponent methodol ogy to four input liqui dity measures (Amihud illiquidity

coefficient, Bid- ask spr ead, Roll illiquidity measure and Tur nover). T heindicator range is between 0 (higher liquidity) and 1 (lower liquidity).Sources: MTS, ESMA.

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Bid-ask 1Y-MA Amihud (rhs)Note: Markit iBoxx EUR Corpor ate bond index bid-ask spread, in %,computed as a one-month moving average of the i Boxx components i n thecurrent compositi on. 1Y-MA=one-year movi ng aver age of the bi d-ask spread.

Amihud liquidity coefficient i ndex between 0 and 1. Highest value i ndicatesless liquidity.Sources: IHS Markit, ESMA.

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

DE FR IT

Note: One-month moving averages of the Hui-Heubel illiqui dity indicator forselected 10Y sovereign bond futures, in %.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Volume 1M-MA 5Y-MANote: R epo transaction vol umes executed thr ough CCPs in 7 soverei gn EArepo markets (AT, BE, DE, FI, FR, IT and NL), EUR bn.Sources: RepoFunds Rate, ESMA.

0

2

4

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8

10

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18

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Median 75th perc 90th percNote: Median, 75th and 90th percentile of w eekly specialness, measured asthe dif ference between general collater al and special collateral repo rates ongovernment bonds in selected countries.

Sources: RepoFunds Rate, ESMA.

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Risk categories Market risk

R.34 R.35

Economic policy uncertainty Financial instrument volatilities

Surge in uncertainty Peaked above 100% for 1M VSTOXX

R.36 R.37

Exchange rates Exchange rate volatilities

Large depreciation for GBP and emergings Higher volatilities

Risk categories Contagion risk

R.38 R.39

0

10

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30

40

50

60

0

100

200

300

400

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Europe US Global VSTOXX (rhs)

Note: Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (EPU), developed by Baker et al.(www.policyuncertai nty.com), based on the frequency of articles in Europeannewspapers that contain the following triple: "economic" or "economy",

"uncertain" or "uncertai nty" and one or more policy-relevant terms. Globalaggregation based on PPP-adjus ted GDP wei ghts. Implied volatility of EUROSTOXX 50 (VSTOXX), monthly average, on the right-hand side.Sources: Baker, Bloom, and Davis 2015; Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

VSTOXX 1M VSTOXX 3M

VSTOXX 12M VSTOXX 24M

Note: EURO STOXX 50 implied volatilities, measured as price indices, in %.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

USD JPY

GBP CHF

Emerging 5Y-MA USD

Note: Spot exchange rates to Euro. Emerging is a weighted average (2016GDP) of spot exchange rates for CNY, BRL, RUB, INR, MXN, IDR and TRY.01/12/2017=100. Increases in value represent an appreciation of EUR. 5Y-

MA USD=five-year moving average of the USD exchange rate.Sources: ECB, IMF, ESMA.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

EUR-USD EUR-GBP

1Y-MA USD 1Y-MA GBP

Note: Implied vol atilities for 3M options on exchange rates, in %. 1Y-MA USD(resp. 1Y-MA GBP) is the one-year moving aver age of the implied volatility for3M options on EUR-USD (resp. EUR-GBP) exchange rate.

Sources: Refinitiv EIKON, ESMA.

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Composite systemic stress indicator Sectoral equity indices correlation

At levels unseen since 2012 Increased correlation as all sectors plunged

R.40 R.41

Equity market concentration Dispersion in sovereign yield correlation

Increased concentration Yield correlation close to 1 in March

R.42

Financial market interconnectedness

Slightly decreasing in 2019

-0.4

-0.1

0.2

0.5

Mar-16 Mar-17 Mar-18 Mar-19 Mar-20Equity market contributionBond market contributionMoney market contributionESMA CISSCorrelation contribution

Note: ESMA version of the ECB-CISS i ndicator measuring systemic stress insecurities markets. It focuses on three fi nancial market segments: equity,bond and money markets, aggr egated through standard portfolio theory. It is

based on securities market indicators such as volatilities and risk spreads.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Banks Financial services

Insurance Non-financia l corporation

Note: Correlations betw een daily returns of the STOXX Eur ope 600 andSTOXX Europe 600 sectoral indices. Calculated over 60D rolling windows.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Top 25% Core 50%

Bottom 25% MedianNote: Concentration of noti onal value of equity tr ading by national indicescomputed as a 1M-MA of the H erfindahl-Hirschman Index, i n %. Cboe indicesincluded are AT 20, BE 20, DE 30, DK 25, ES 35, FI 25, FR 40, IE 20, IT 40,

NL 25, PT 20, SE 30.Sources: Cboe, ESMA.

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Top 25% Core 50%

Bottom 25% Median

Note: Dispersion of correlations between 10Y DE Bunds and other EU 27countries' sovereign bond redemption yields over 60D rolling windows.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

60

65

70

75

80

0

5

10

15

20

4Q14 4Q15 4Q16 4Q17 4Q18 4Q19

Tota l funds Hedge funds

Bond funds MMF (rhs)Note: Loan and debt securities vis-à-vis MFI counterparts, as a share of totalassets. EA i nvestment funds and MMF, in %. Total funds i ncludes: bondfunds, equity funds , mixed funds , real estate funds, hedge funds, MMFs and

other non-MMF investment funds.Sources: ECB, ESMA.

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Risk categories Credit risk

R.43 R.44

Sovereign risk premia Sovereign CDS spreads

Peak in mid-March before ECB intervention Higher spreads, especially in the EU

R.45 R.46

Corporate bond spreads Covered bond spreads

At multi-year highs At multi-year highs

R.47 R.48

0

1

2

3

4

5

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

PT IE IT ES GR

Note: Selected 10Y EA sovereign bond risk premia (vs. DE Bunds), in %.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Europe JP

US 5Y-MA EuropeNote: Datastream CDS sovereign indices (5 years, mid-spread), in bps.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

225

250

275

300

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

AAA AA A

BBB 5Y-MA

Note: ICE BofAML EA corporate bond option-adjus ted spreads by rating, inbps. 5Y-MA=five-year moving average of all indices.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

0

20

40

60

80

100

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

All AAA AA

A 5Y-MA

Note: Asset swap spreads based on iBoxx covered bond indices, in bps. 5Y-MA=five-year moving average of all bonds.Sources: Refinitiv Datastream, ESMA.

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Long term corporate debt outstanding Debt issuance growth

Increasing share of BBB and lower Higher CB and sovereign issuance

R.49 R.50

Net sovereign debt issuance Debt redemption profile

Net issuance positive in some countries Increased short-term financing needs

Risk categories Operational risk

R.51 R.52

0

20

40

60

80

100

1Q15 1Q16 1Q17 1Q18 1Q19 1Q20

AAA AA A BBB BB and lower

Note: Outstanding amount of corporate bonds in the EEA30 as of issuancedate by rating category, in% of the total.Sources: Refinitiv EIKON, ESMA.

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

HY

1Q

18

HY

1Q

19

HY

1Q

20

IG 1

Q1

8

IG 1

Q1

9

IG 1

Q2

0

CB

1Q

18

CB

1Q

19

CB

1Q

20

MM

1Q

18

MM

1Q

19

MM

1Q

20

SO

V 1

Q1

8

SO

V 1

Q1

9

SO

V 1

Q2

0

10% 90% Current MedianNote: Gr owth rates of issuance volum e, in %, normalised by standarddeviati on for the following bond classes: high yiel d (HY), i nvestment grade(IG), covered bond (CB), money market (MM), sovereign (SOV). Percentiles

computed from 12Q rolling window. All data i nclude securities with a m aturityhigher than 18M, except for MM (maturity less than 12M). Bars denote therange of values betw een the 10th and 90th percentiles. Missing diamondindicates no issuance for previous quarter.Sources: Refinitiv EIKON, ESMA.

-180

-120

-60

0

60

120

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

ES FI

FR

GR

HR

HU IE IS IT LT

LU

LV

MT

NL

NO PL

PT

RO

SE SI

SK

EE

A3

0

1Y high 1Y low 1Q20Note: Quarterly net issuance of EEA30 sovereign debt by country, EUR bn.Net issuance calcul ated as the difference between new issuance over thequarter and outstanding debt maturing over the quarter. Highes t and l owest

quarterly net issuance in the past year are reported. EEA30 total on right-hand scale.Sources: Refinitiv EIKON, ESMA.

-100

-75

-50

-25

0

25

50

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

1Q20 1Q21 1Q22 1Q23 1Q24 1Q25

Non-financia ls Financials

1Y-change fin (rhs) 1Y-change non-fin (rhs)Note: Quarterly redemptions over 5Y-horizon by EEA30 private financial andnon-financi al corporates, EUR bn. 1Y-change=differ ence between the sum ofthis year's (four last quarters) and las t year's (8th to 5th last quarters)

redemptions.Sources: Refinitiv EIKON, ESMA.

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Circuit-breaker trigger events by sector Circuit-breaker trigger events by market capitalisation

Higher share of financials Wide usage of circuit breakers

R.53

Trading system capacity proxy

Trading volumes at all-time highs

0

25

50

75

100

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Basic materia ls, industrials and energyFinancialsHealthcare, consumer cyclicals and non-cyclicalsTechnology, u tili ties and telecommunications services

Note: Percentage of circuit-breaker trigger events by economic sectorregistered on 29 EEA30 tradi ng venues for all constituents of the STOXXEurope Large/Mid/Small 200 and a large sample of ETFs tracki ng these

indices or some of their subindices. Results displayed as weekly aggregates.Sources: Morningstar Real-Time Data, ESMA.

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Large caps Mid caps Small caps ETFsNote: Number of daily circuit-breaker trigger events by type of financialinstrument and by market cap register ed on 29 EEA30 trading venues for allconstituents of the STOXX Europe Large/Mid/Sm all 200 and a l arge sample

of ETFs tracking these indices or some of their subindices. Results displayedas weekly aggregates.Sources: Morningstar Real-Time Data, ESMA.

0

20

40

60

80

0

10

20

30

40

Mar-18 Jul-18 Nov-18 Mar-19 Jul-19 Nov-19 Mar-20

Trading volume 3M-MA Volume

Capacity (rhs) All- time high (rhs)

Note: D aily and 3M-MA of tradi ng volumes of 29 EEA30 tr ading venues for allconstituents of the STOXX Europe Large/Mid/Sm all 200 and a l arge sampleof ETFs tracking these i ndices or some of their subindices, in EUR bn.

Capacity computed as the average across tradi ng venues of the rati o of dailytrading volume over maximum volume observed since 31/03/2016, in %.Sources: Morningstar Real-Time Data, ESMA.

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