30 July 2024 | Enforcement Committee news releases | AMF Enforcement Committee fines Biosynex, its CEO and several of its directors a total of €930,000 In its decision of 25 July 2024, the Enforcement Committee imposed fines of between €50,000 and €300,000 on Biosynex, and four of its directors and their holding companies for breaches relating to Biosynex's financial communications, insider trading and breaches of reporting obligations. … tests. On 20 March 2020, a few days after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Larry Abensur, CEO of Biosynex, was … believed it would be in a position to distribute the first Covid-19 diagnostic tests in France, in early or mid-April … |
09 November 2023 | AMF news release | An OECD study for the AMF profiles new French retail investors In order to gain a better understanding of retail investors who have started to invest in the markets since 2020, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has requested the support of the European Commission, which has designated the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assist it in its efforts to target this audience… … of France, began investing after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of these new investors are men … |
16 March 2022 | Report / study | Analysis of the execution of retail investor' orders in the first months of the Covid-19 crisis The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has examined the destination of the retail investors' orders and the conditions under which they were executed on the Frenck stock market over the period between December 2019 and April 2020. The analysis used data from trades and orders in equities. … of retail investor' orders in the first months of the Covid-19 crisis … Télécharger le contenu The Autorité des Marchés … of retail investor' orders in the first months of the Covid-19 crisis … … |
16 March 2022 | AMF news release | AMF publishes an analysis of retail investor order execution on French stocks At a time when retail investors are becoming increasingly active on the stock market, the Autorité des Marchés financiers (AMF) has examined the destination of their stock market orders and the conditions under which they were executed over the period between December 2019 and April 2020, compared with the conditions observed on Euronext Paris and… … order execution on French stocks … The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown saw a surge in retail … of retail investor' orders in the first months of the Covid-19 crisis At a time when retail investors are becoming … |
28 February 2022 | AMF news release | French and Dutch market authorities publish a joint analysis of the impact of the short selling ban at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis Returns, volatility and market depth: the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) have examined the effects of the temporary ban applying to French securities by comparing their respective markets. … of the impact of the short selling ban at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis … In March 2020, as the pandemic triggered … of the impact of the short selling ban at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis … … |
11 February 2022 | News | Closing of the 2021 financial statements: the AMF publishes its recommendations and the results of its recent work examining financial statements As the closing of the 2021 financial statements comes closer, the AMF is providing listed companies with its recommendations and the summary of its examinations of the annual financial statements carried out between October 2020 and September 2021. Drawn up in line with the European priorities of ESMA, these recommendations address in particular… … impairment tests). A second section addresses the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In line with the 2020 recommendations, it goes … statements … Financial disclosures & corporate financing … Covid-19 … |
05 January 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its priorities for 2022, the last year of its five-year strategy The AMF's actions in the coming months will focus on four main areas: Europe, retail investment, sustainable finance and the modernisation of its regulatory action. … year of its five-year strategy … After 2020, marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the successive lockdowns, the health crisis … |
15 December 2021 | AMF news release | Financial scams: the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office, the AMF, the ACPR and the DGCCRF are actively working together to fight this scourge responsible for heavy losses for retail investors In these times of Covid crisis and low interest rates, the public is facing an upsurge in fraudulent offers for financial investments and services. At a joint press conference, the Parquet de Paris, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the General Directorate for Competition… … investors … A lasting, multi-faceted phenomenon … The Covid-19 crisis and lockdowns witnessed a resurgence of fraudulent … [at] dgccrf.finances.gouv.fr In these times of Covid crisis and low interest rates, the public is facing an … |
29 October 2021 | Policy | Recommendation DOC-2021-06 - Closing of the 2021 financial statements and financial statements examination work … & corporate financing Periodic & ongoing disclosures Covid-19 Policy … Textes de référence … article 223-1 du règlement … statements; o Monitoring the financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic; o Specific points for attention regarding … |
18 May 2021 | AMF news release | Analysis of French money market fund portfolios during the surge in withdrawals recorded at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis The AMF is publishing a detailed analysis of French money market fund (MMF) portfolios during the Covid crisis, from January to April 2020. It presents the French MMF market and the distortion of portfolios during this period marked by a massive wave of redemptions in March. … the surge in withdrawals recorded at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis … The AMF identified 221 French MMFs with … before the end of the quarter. In the context of the Covid pandemic, redemptions in French MMF were of similar … |
