07 May 2026 | News | The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has approved the updated ‘Provisions’ of the AFG Code of Ethics for Third-Party Asset Management and extended these to all investment services providers The Association Française de la Gestion d’Actifs (French Asset Management Association, AFG) has updated its code of ethics. This revised code of ethics has been approved by the AMF Board, which has decided to extend its application to all investment services providers, including those that are not AFG members. … ‘Provisions’ of the AFG Code of Ethics for Third-Party Asset Management and extended these to all investment services … collective investment schemes and individual investment management mandates published by the AFG in 2009 recalls and … which is now called the ‘code of ethics for third-party asset management”. This update, which has been approved by … |
29 April 2026 | Article | Obtaining a DASP registration/optional licensing Do you want to know in which cases registration with the AMF as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) is mandatory? To obtain an optional licensing? You will find all the information on the subject here, together with the list of registered DASPs and the list of DASPs licensed by the AMF. … Focus on digital asset services … An actor may be considered a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) if it provides at least one of the following digital asset services, as mentioned in Article L. 54-10-2 of the … sell orders for digital assets on behalf of a client; the management of digital asset portfolios, meaning the act of … |
24 April 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections on the digital client journey As an extension of the work carried out by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on retail investor protection, and as announced in its supervisory priorities for 2025, a series of short thematic inspections (SPOTs) was carried out on the digital pathways offered to retail clients for subscribing to and placing orders for financial instruments… … custody-account keeping and, in some cases, discretionary management and investment advice. 1 … by an investment services provider other than a portfolio asset management company to clients, including potential … “II. Investment services providers other than portfolio asset management companies shall provide their clients, … |
23 April 2026 | In-depth | Transition to T+1 settlement of transactions On 18 June 2025, the European Parliament and the European Conseil reached an agreement to shorten the settlement cycle to T+1. The final text was published in the official journal on 14 October 2025 and will enter into application on 11 October 2027.From 11 October 2027, transactions on transferable securities executed on trading venues and… … central counterparties), and their clients (asset managers and other investors). This move will greatly … the trading, clearing, settlement intermediation, custody, asset management, securities lending and repurchase agreements, … exemptions mentioned below). All the market players, the asset managers, the market infrastructures, the … |
20 April 2026 | Bilateral MoU | Ontario & Québec - 2026 – Agreement to facilitate the cross-listing of securities Agreement to facilitate the cross-listing of securities in France and Canada … involving the Issuer or the members of its administrative, management or supervisory bodies, by statutory or regulatory … persons from acting as a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of the Issuer, or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of the Issuer, and (c) … |
13 April 2026 | Article | Blacklists of unauthorized companies and websites: Forex, binary options, miscellaneous goods, crypto-assets derivatives, usurpations This is a list of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) blacklisted companies or websites, warnings and/or usurpations of regulated companies.Caution: these lists are regularly updated but cannot be exhaustive, new unauthorized companies and websites regularly emerge.You can download 5 specific lists by clicking on "Download".Click here to… … www.owpremium.com 27/03/2018 www.patrimoinegestion-management.com 31/07/2018 www.phenixoption.com 01/08/2013 … 07/01/2020 Or www.agf-placement.com 04/03/2020 Or www.ahp-management.com 02/06/2020 Cheptel www.akj-crypto.com … www.ecs-solutions.net 15/03/2018 Crypto-actif www.edison-management.com 10/03/2020 Or efg-top112.com 26/07/2024 … |
10 April 2026 | Article | Our Governance The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has two distinct collegial bodies: the Board, chaired by the AMF Chair, and the Enforcement Committee. The Chair appoints a Secretary General. Focus on our governance. … Accounting and Auditing Directorate), Philippe Sourlas (Asset Management Directorate), Sophie Baranger (Investigations and … Management Committee … The Management Committee meets once every month with all the AMF … the AMF to achieve its objectives by assessing its risk management, audit and governance processes systematically and … |
07 April 2026 | Enforcement Committee news releases | The AMF Enforcement Committee fines a financial investment advisor and its directors for breaches of their professional obligations In its decision of 1 April 2026, the Enforcement Committee imposed a fine of €300,000 on Kerdiz Finance et Conseil, and fines of €75,000 euros each on its directors at the time of the facts, Anthony Finck and Marc Peuvrier. These sanctions are accompanied by a temporary ban on exercising the activity of financial investment advisor for a period of… … III AG and Multitalent Investment GmbH, that an asset management company and depositary had been appointed, and on … III AG and Multitalent Investment GmbH, that an asset management company and depositary had been appointed, and on … III AG and Multitalent Investment GmbH, that an asset management company and depositary had been appointed, … |
31 March 2026 | AMF news release | The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes the findings of its SPOT inspections on asset management companies’ compliance and internal control systems As part of its 2025 supervisory priorities, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) conducted a SPOT inspection on the organisation and effectiveness of asset management companies' compliance and internal control systems. This campaign followed on from work carried out in 2020 on the outsourcing of internal control and focussed this time on… … publishes the findings of its SPOT inspections on asset management companies’ compliance and internal control systems … In a constantly evolving regulatory environment, asset management companies’ compliance function and internal … of the compliance and internal control functions within asset management companies As part of its 2025 supervisory … |
31 March 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections of the compliance and internal control functions within asset management companies The scope of this SPOT campaign encompassed the compliance and internal control functions in place within five asset management companies ("AMCs"). The campaign was part of an ESMA common supervisory action (CSA) for the 2025 financial year. It follows on from the SPOT campaign conducted in 2020 on the outsourcing of internal control. An… … of the compliance and internal control functions within asset management companies … and internal control functions in place within five asset management companies ("AMCs"). The campaign was part of an … of the compliance and internal control functions within asset management companies … |
