24 November 2020 | Ombudsman’s Blog | Full community of marital property regime: what are the consequences on the death of a spouse who holds securities? On the death of a spouse, the question arises concerning the framework within which their securities are transferred to the surviving spouse.
The presentation of this dispute draws attention to the rules governing the matrimonial regime of full community of property with a full transfer of ownership clause, and its significant effects on the… … securities account fell sharply as a consequence of the Covid-19 epidemic. After numerous reminders, Mrs M.'s adviser told … |
28 October 2020 | Policy | Recommendation DOC-2020-09 … & corporate financing Periodic & ongoing disclosures Covid-19 Policy … Textes de référence … article 223-1 of the AMF … a news release9 clarifying the accounting implications of COVID-19 on the calculation of expected credit losses, which … |
09 October 2020 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman – 2020 CMVM Annual Conference - « Financial stability – the perspective of the non-banking financial sector » - 8 October 2020 … a long time, it was a rather theoretical discussion, but COVID-19 real-life stress provided some hard facts to discuss, and … on external, commercial sources to conduct their analysis. COVID-19 made us improve our approach: we collected and … |
17 September 2020 | News | ESMA renews its enhanced transparency’s requirement on net short positions In the context of the coronavirus epidemic, ESMA has published on its website its decision to extend the application of a lower reporting threshold on net short positions. … requirement on net short positions … Markets … Covid-19 … Short selling … |
11 September 2020 | News | The AMF complies with the ESMA guidelines on reporting to competent authorities on money market funds The AMF has updated its position DOC-2018-05 to include ESMA’s requirements for reporting to competent authorities under Article 37 of the Money Market Fund Regulation. … that, given the operational difficulties associated with COVID-19 (see ESMA’s press release of 4 June 2020 ), and the time … |
29 July 2020 | Ombudsman’s Blog | Ban on short selling: who was supposed to apply it and to which securities? In light of the Covid-19 epidemic and its impact on financial markets, the AMF decided in mid-March to impose a temporary ban on short selling[1] and, more generally, on strategies aiming to profit from the fall in the price of an equity. Although this exceptional measure was suspended on 18 May,[2] investors are still likely to send me requests… … great volatility on financial markets on account of the Covid-19 epidemic, this practice was prohibited temporarily by the … can refer it to me via the online form . In light of the Covid-19 epidemic and its impact on financial markets, the … |
21 July 2020 | News | The AMF publishes the summary of its SPOT inspections on Record-keeping Effectiveness, quality and possibility of using recordings made by intermediaries during their market activities: the AMF reports on the operational implementation of MiFID II requirements. … and February 2020, a few weeks before the outbreak of the COVID-19 health crisis. These inspections focused on the recording … |
03 July 2020 | AMF news release | The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes its Markets and Risk Outlook 2020 While markets and infrastructures functioned effectively through the health crisis, the imbalances that were already present at the outset have been accentuated and geopolitical tensions remain. Aside from the many challenges of financing the post-Covid 19 economic recovery, which constitutes an economic vulnerability in its own right, the… … complicated by the lack of visibility on the future. The Covid-19 crisis must not overshadow the vulnerabilities that … Aside from the many challenges of financing the post-Covid 19 economic recovery, which constitutes an economic … |
03 July 2020 | Report / study | 2020 Markets and Risk Outlook The AMF issued its 2020 Markets and Risk Outlook, an assessment of trends and vulnerabilities in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It focuses more specifically on the functioning of markets, financial stability and the financing of the economy. … of trends and vulnerabilities in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It focuses more specifically on the functioning of … of trends and vulnerabilities in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It focuses more specifically on … |
02 July 2020 | AMF news release | Claire Castanet appointed coordinator of the ACPR and AMF Joint Unit starting 1st July 2020 Claire Castanet, the AMF's Head of Retail Investor Relations and Protection, will be taking over from Nathalie Beaudemoulin Mouratille, Director of Business Practices Supervision at the ACPR, as coordinator of the Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment. … investment landscape and the uncertainties stemming from Covid-19 health crisis. "The health crisis has highlighted the … |