Regulatory Publishing Entity Registers

Search and compare Designated Publishing Entities (DPE) and Designated Reporting Regime (DRR) entities from ESMA and FCA regulatory registers

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Overview of Designated Reporting Regime (DRR) and the EU's Designated Publishing Entity (DPE)

The UK DRR and EU DPE regimes are designed to establish simpler and clearer rules for the reporting of OTC trades in the EU and the UK.

Despite their differences, both regimes help firms understand who holds the obligation of ensuring that a trade is published.

DRR and DPE bring clarity and accountability to off-exchange trade reporting, reflecting the broader goals of MiFID II and MiFIR. With the UK's DRR launched in April 2024 and the EU's DPE regime put in place from February 2025, significant strides are being made to enhance the transparency of over-the-counter (OTC) trades.

These regimes aim to improve the consistency of post-trade transparency and aim to increase market transparency and accountability through more accurate reporting.

They also both shift trade reporting responsibility from Systematic Internalisers (SIs) to firms respectively registered as Designated Reporters (DRs), or Designated Publication Entities (DPEs). These changes clarify reporting responsibility, allowing firms to register as DRs/DPEs regardless of SI status.

Registers maintained by the FCA in the UK and ESMA have the responsibility to publish a register in the EU, making it easier to verify reporting responsibility based on LEI, streamlining the process.

There are key differences between the regimes. For example, DRR and DPE differ in their scope of application and their underlying regulatory framework. Developed under the UK's post-Brexit framework, the DRR centralises reporting at the entity level, requiring designated reporters to take default responsibility to publish the OTC trade via an authorised publication arrangement (APA).

In contrast, DPE registration in the EU applies at the instrument class level, meaning the designated publishing entity is responsible for reporting trades in specific classes of financial instruments, such as shares, bonds, credit derivatives, interest rate derivatives, ETFs, emission allowances, structured finance products, ETNs, ETCs , depositary receipts, certificates and other financial instruments.

Both regimes allow for branches to register as DR/DPE denoted by DRB in the UK, and DPE-B within an EU member state.

Use the search tool above to explore the complete registers of designated publishing entities and designated reporters from both ESMA and FCA.