AMF Household Savings Observatory

The Letter No. 60 presents the main results of the lastest edition of the AMF Savings and Investment Barometer. It highlights the continued high level of investment intentions in equities among investors, mainly the youngest.

This Savings Observatory letter is dedicated to investment scams. It is based primarily on a study conducted with BVA Xsight in October 2024.

The newsletter focuses on new investment practices in listed shares, ETFs or via crowdfunding. In addition, it presents the results of the latest readability study conducted on information surrounding "ESG" products.

This report presents the detailed results of the mystery shopping campaigns in bank branches conducted by the AMF aimed at establishing an inventory of the practices used to collect the sustainability preferences of customers who are in a position to benefit from investment advice.

The Active Retail Investor Dashboard provides quarterly updates on individuals who have carried out at least one transaction on financial instruments in the past three months.

The AMF Barometer asks French people about their preferences and perceptions in terms of investments, particularly with regard to equity investments. This edition of the survey interviewed a sample of 2,044 people aged 18 and over from September 23 to October 4, 2024.

The AMF publishes the 7^th edition of its Savings and Investment Barometer. This annual survey looks at French attitudes and preferences regarding savings and investments. This year, it shows a sharp rebound in equity investment intentions, mainly among younger people.

This study surveyed 5,001 people representing the adult French population in order to estimate the proportion of victims of investment scams. 

A qualitative study by OpinionWay explored Internet and social media content through a semantic and semiotic analysis. It sheds light on the concepts used to encourage alternative investment methods.

This study delves into new investment practices in France on the stock market (listed shares, ETFs) or via crowdfunding.  It explores new sources of information for investors on the internet and social networks, the investment services used and the diversifications carried out by investors.

This readability study assesses investors' understanding, based on the available documentation, of the more or less "sustainable" nature of two categories of "ESG" products: on the one hand, responsible funds, and on the other hand, products with a formula that exposes the investor to the evolution of an "ESG" index.