23 June 2023 | Warning | The AMF warns the public about the fraudulent investment offers in Forex and crypto-assets by Immediate Connect After receiving dozens of enquiries and complaints from retail investors, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is calling on the public to be extremely vigilant about the automated trading service offered by Immediate Connect, which is being promoted on the Internet through advertisements using the names of prominent personalities and well… … The AMF warns the public about the fraudulent investment offers … Connect … According to the testimonies gathered by the AMF Epargne Info Service platform, retail investors say they … supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … Press contact … … |
20 June 2023 | News | The AMF supports issuers in implementing new sustainability reporting obligations The European Commission released on 9 June a public consultation on the future European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) that specify the reporting obligations for companies under the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting directive (CSRD). In view of the gradual implementation of these texts from 1 January 2024, the AMF wishes to… … The AMF supports issuers in implementing new sustainability … based on the directive and the ESRS draft standards. … The AMF supports companies … In its ongoing commitment to … to support market participants, the AMF proposes on its website a few steps that listed companies could consider for … |
19 June 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes a discussion paper on Decentralised Finance (DeFi) The AMF shares its preliminary thinking on the regulatory issues raised by the new financial activities on crypto-assets based on automated, decentralised and disintermediated protocols that make up the emerging DeFi ecosystem. The AMF invites stakeholders to share their views by 30 September, to feed into the European and international works on… … The AMF publishes a discussion paper on Decentralised Finance … implementing a regulatory framework adapted to DeFi, the AMF supports a progressive and proportionate approach, based … supervises the orderly operations of markets. Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … Press contact … … |
12 June 2023 | News | Employee savings funds: the AMF amends its policy on the simplified integration of liquidity management tools Following on from the measures taken to facilitate the integration of liquidity management tools in collective investment undertakings (CIUs), the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has updated its instruction DOC-2011-21 to take account of the specific features of feeder employee savings funds. … Employee savings funds: the AMF amends its policy on the simplified integration of … start of the transitional period … At the end of 2022, the AMF introduced a transitional period, running from 1 January … they may be informed by any means, such as on the AMC’s website, provided certain conditions are met. To allow … |
12 June 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes a summary on the internal processes that aim to ensure compliance with non-financial contractual commitments by asset management companies of ESG/SRI funds The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has published a summary of a study and its findings following a series of short thematic inspections called SPOT. The study analyses the responses to a detailed questionnaire from 176 generalist portfolio asset management companies (AMCs) that have at least one contractual non-financial commitment for at least… … The AMF publishes a summary on the internal processes that aim to … by asset management companies of ESG/SRI funds … The AMF had carried out an initial series of operational and … supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … Read more … … |
01 June 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF Ombudsman publishes her 2022 Annual Report Marielle Cohen-Branche, Ombudsman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has presented her latest annual report at a press conference. The number of requests sent to her remained very high and the number of recommendations proposed reached an unprecedented level. Disputes relating to "PEA" personal equity savings plans, especially… … The AMF Ombudsman publishes her 2022 Annual Report … Record … and recommendations … The number of case referrals to the AMF Ombudsman, which had surged by 33% in 2021, remained … more than 12,400 visits per month on average on the AMF website. The Diary analyses a mediation case each month, … |
23 May 2023 | Policy | Position DOC-2023-04 On 23 May 2022, the AMF stated that it complies with ESMA guidelines on scenarios for CCP recovery plans under Article 9(12) of the CCPRRR and ESMA guidelines on indicators for CCP recovery plans under Article 9(5) of the CCPRRR.
These guidelines are available on the ESMA website hereafter :
- In English : https://www.esma.europa.eu… … Market infrastructures Policy … On 23 May 2022, the AMF stated that it complies with ESMA guidelines on scenarios … the CCPRRR. … These guidelines are available on the ESMA website hereafter : - In English : … |
16 May 2023 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2014-01 … services providers and information provided to the AMF … Investment services providers Organisational rules … 314-79 to 314-97, 314-105, and 315-1 to 315-49 of the AMF General Regulation Book 3 Instruction Programme of … services Providers shall use the format on the ACPR website to file all notifications relating to the right of … |
08 May 2023 | | Article 560-2 Book V - Market infrastructures > Title VI - Central depositaries of financial instruments > Chapter unique - Central depositories and payment and settlement systems for financial instruments > Section 1 - Approval and publication of the operating of central depositaries … The central depositary submits its operating rules to the AMF for approval. Pursuant to III of Article L. 441-1 of the … accepts participants established outside France. The AMF, when it deems useful, may require the central securities depositary to produce and publish on its website a French translation of the operating rules. This … |
27 April 2023 | AMF news release | Equity savings plans : the AMF working group proposes avenues for improvement The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published the report of the working group set up in September 2022 to analyse the difficulties encountered by some retail investors in using their equity savings plans (PEAs), in particular with transfer times. The report sets out some 15 practical proposals aimed at remedying the problems identified… … Equity savings plans : the AMF working group proposes avenues for improvement … In … PEAs, which became the leading reason for referrals to the AMF Ombudsman in 2021, the AMF Board decided to set up a … supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … Press contact … … |