02 July 2020 | News | Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: threats and risks in times of health crisis The AMF draws the attention of portfolio asset management companies, financial investment advisors, crowdfunding advisors and digital asset service providers to changes in the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in the particular context of the worldwide health crisis. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and TRACFIN are publishing… … and risks in times of health crisis … The FATF report on Covid-19-related ML-TF risks and policy responses … The Financial … professionals in their efforts to identify and manage Covid-19-related ML and TF risks, TRACFIN is publishing its … |
29 June 2020 | News | The AMF has postponed the effective date of the authorisation withdrawal of the asset management company Nestadio Capital. In the exceptional context of the COVID-19 epidemic, the effective date of the authorisation withdrawal of the "société de gestion des fonds d’investissement de Bretagne", commercially referred to as "Nestadio Capital", has been postponed due to the lack of possibility to liquidate or transfer, by 1 July 2020, the funds managed by the company. … given the impossibility, in the exceptional context of the COVID-19 epidemic, to complete a transfer or liquidation of the … In the exceptional context of the COVID-19 epidemic, the effective date of the authorisation … |
22 June 2020 | Warning | The AMF draws the public’s attention to pyramid structures proposing training courses in trading Over the past three months, the AMF has received nearly one hundred reports from retail investors denouncing the often aggressive practices of Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies offering training in Forex or crypto-asset trading, via a pyramid recruitment and remuneration scheme. … structures proposing training courses in trading … The COVID-19 lockdown period has been conducive to the development of … |
12 June 2020 | AMF news release | The ACPR and AMF Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment publishes its annual report 2019 Following on from its work in 2019, the Joint Unit of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has stepped up its action in the context of the health crisis, in particular to tackle financial scams. … elderly and vulnerable people. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 health crisis, the ACPR and AMF teams have been hard at … |
02 June 2020 | AMF news release | Employee savings schemes considered "interesting", expectations in terms of clarity and simplicity According to a survey conducted by OpinionWay for the AMF, the French asset management association (AFG), the Treasury, the Directorate General for Labour, and La Finance pour Tous association, French employees have a positive perception of employee savings schemes: profit-sharing, incentives, employer matching contributions, company savings… … held from 23 to 27 March, but was cancelled because of the Covid-19 health crisis and lockdown measures. A little over four … their principal residence. At this difficult time of the Covid-19 crisis, a time which traditionally corresponds to … |
20 May 2020 | AMF news release | As the decisive moment of the half-year accounts approaches, the AMF underlines some principles to respect The AMF is aware of the difficulties being encountered by companies in the context of the coronavirus epidemic and is determined to provide them with effective support through this period. It has therefore published on its website some key items when addressing the presentation of the half-year financial report and the communication that… … du rapport financier semestriel dans le contexte Covid-19 : l'AMF présente quelques principes à respecter (In French … the AMF underlines some principles to respect … Covid-19 … Periodic & ongoing disclosures … |
19 May 2020 | News | Covid-19: The AMF informs shareholders and listed companies of the exceptional measures taken for the organisation of shareholders’ meetings Update of the news release of 25 March 2020 The Autorité des Marchés Financiers draws the attention of retail investors to the special procedures adopted for participating in 2020 shareholders’ meetings during this exceptional health crisis period. It recommends that listed companies follow certain best practices, whenever this is possible. … Covid-19: The AMF informs shareholders and listed companies of the … to the emergency law of 23 March 2020 to address the Covid-19 epidemic, the French government issued orders (on 25 … |
18 May 2020 | AMF news release | The AMF suspends the ban on the creation or increase of net short positions In consideration of the progressive normalisation of the French market’s risk indicators, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers has decided to suspend the exceptional measure imposing a ban on the creation of net short positions and on the increase of existing net short positions. The AMF will closely monitor the overall situation in financial… … of net short positions … Short selling … Markets … Covid-19 … |
07 May 2020 | AMF news release | The AMF Ombudsman Publishes Her 2019 Annual Report Marielle Cohen-Branche, the AMF Ombudsman, conducts a review of the past year, marked by a fall in the number of claims and a high level of acceptance of her recommendations among retail investors and professionals alike. The Ombudsman is very much mobilised in the current covid-19 epidemic and is already observing the emergence of new types of… … of recommendations were issued in 2019. … 2020 marked by covid-19 … In the difficult context of the covid-19 epidemic, the AMF Ombudsman and her team have been … |
06 May 2020 | News | AMF Annual Report 2019: Letter from the AMF Chairman to the President of the Republic The Annual Report of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) was published on 29 April. Pending its translation, the letter from the AMF Chairman to the French President, which is part of the preface to the Report, has now been published. AMF Chairman Robert Ophèle draws particular attention to the initial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the… … draws particular attention to the initial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the fields which fall within the remit of the … draws particular attention to the initial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the fields which fall within the remit … |