Regulatory responses

Argus is an independent media organisation serving global energy and related commodity industries. Our main activities comprise publishing market reports containing price assessments, market commentary and news, and business intelligence reports that analyse market and industry trends.

As a corporate function, Argus maintains an active public policy programme in order to keep abreast of relevant public policy developments internationally. We undertake advocacy on public policy issues principally to promote transparent and efficient wholesale commodity markets and to ensure that independent media organisations such as ourselves can continue to bring transparency to these markets through effective media reporting.

Argus is committed to transparency in its own operations, including through publishing our submissions and responses to public consultations.

Argus submissions

ESMA Consultation Paper on Data to be Made Public by Trade Repositories under EMIR
February 2017
Argus responds to a European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) consultation paper on draft technical standards for data to be made publicly available by Trade Repositories (TRs) under Article 81 of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Argus comments on aspects of the consultation that are relevant to the forthcoming EU benchmarks regulation.


ESMA Consultation Paper on Benchmarks Regulation RTS
December 2016
Argus responds to a European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) consultation paper on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in relation to the forthcoming EU benchmarks regulation.


ESMA Consultation Paper on Benchmarks Regulation
June 2016
Argus responds to a European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) consultation paper on Level-2 issues in relation to the forthcoming EU benchmarks regulation.