15 July 2026 | Report / study | The influence of social media on retail investor trading in CAC 40 stocks The AMF has published a study on the behaviour of retail investors towards CAC 40 stocks in the age of social media.… certain advertisements relating to high-risk financial products (including the promotion of investment in crypto- … when the explanatory variables are lagged. The article is structured as follows: first, a literature review examines … of the number of searches for the term ‘Covid’ and its derivatives on Google. 1.2. A GOOD PREDICTOR OF STOCK RETURNS … |
03 July 2026 | Report / study | 2026 Markets and Risks Outlook The AMF publishes its 2026 Markets and Risk Outlook, its annual description of trends and assessment of vulnerabilities and their impact on the financing of the economy, markets, investment funds and household savings.… 34 2.3. Derivatives markets … 106 4.4. Products offered to retail investors: a rapid pace of … by a rapid pace of innovation, particularly in ETFs and structured products, and more recently by the development of … Level mid- 2026 outlook for 2027 Markets (equities, bonds, derivatives, cryptocurrencies) Infrastructures / … |
17 June 2026 | Report / study | System-wide stress test (SWST) pilot exercise - Interim report For the first time, the Banque de France, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) are jointly conducting an exploratory system-wide stress test. It aims to understand how banks, insurers and asset management companies interact in the event of severe market stress and to identify…… on the same liquidity source. The analysis is structured around three transmission channels: (1) … held by British pension funds –strategies that use derivatives and repo financing to hedge long-term pension … instance, credit lines or deposits, fund-shares holdings, derivatives, repurchase transactions and other securities … |
26 March 2026 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2012-19 - … 38 4. The marketing of products and sales policy … contracts), including securities underlying complex derivatives 9 - Others (to be specified): C - Potential … to certain derivative instruments and associated embedded derivatives 1 - Hedging transactions only Related to certain … |
12 February 2026 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2026-01 - Position limits on the salmon derivative contract listed on Euronext Paris Matif … Market Infrastructures Derivatives or structured products MIFID Policy … Market Infrastructures Derivatives or structured products MIFID Policy … Market Infrastructures Derivatives or structured products MIFID Policy … Derivatives or structured products … |
11 February 2026 | News | The AMF revises the position limits applicable to the salmon derivative contract listed on Euronext In accordance with the implementing texts on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIF 2), the AMF revised the position limits applicable to positions held on the salmon derivative contract listed on Euronext Paris Matif, following an evolution of the open interest.… Derivatives or structured products … |
09 February 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections on asset management companies' operational risk management systems As announced in its supervisory priorities for 2025, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has conducted a SPOT (Operational and Thematic Supervision of Practices) inspection campaign of the operational risk management systems implemented within asset management companies (AMCs).… management through stock picking including unleveraged structured funds Private equity in the healthcare sector … and safety practices in the workplace"; "4. Clients, products and commercial practices"; "5. Damage to tangible … incident selected had been the subject of a formalised and structured form, dated and signed, setting out the problem … |
03 February 2026 | News | The AMF publishes a working group study on structured products The AMF has published the findings of a working group comprised of members of its Retail Investor, Asset Management and Institutional Investors, and Markets and Exchanges Consultative Commissions on good practices for making the structured products distributed to retail investors in France clearer and easier to understand.… The AMF publishes a working group study on structured products … When marketing structured debt securities, and in application of the … quality and clarity in relation to the marketing of structured debt securities to the general public, with the … regard to the risks associated with the complexity of the products. This working group, chaired by the Chairs of the … |
02 February 2026 | Report / study | Study on the use of artificial intelligence by French financial market participants The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) conducted a study among a panel of French financial market participants to collect detailed information on the uses, benefits, risks, and outlook associated with these technologies. The study is based on questionnaires addressed, on the one hand, to financial entities supervised by the AMF and, on the…… personalise customer relationships, or design new products and services. However, the rapid spread of AI in … crypto-asset service providers (3). This questionnaire was structured around three main sections: ◼ AI strategy: level … is the most frequently cited benefit, whether the data is structured according to standardised models or remains … |
20 January 2026 | Report / study | 2025 report on corporate governance and executive compensation in listed companies This year's AMF report begins by presenting the main developments for 2025, followed by a thematic study on the information published by listed companies regarding the succession processes of senior executive officers. It then addresses other findings on the information published by listed companies concerning governance and remuneration, and…… as poor practice”. - 32 - 2.2.4 HCJP report on financial products sold as fractional shares In 2023, the AMF asked the … under the same name financial products in the form of derivatives, financial futures or rights over a trustee in a … the SB, upon GNRC recommendation, has implemented a structured process allowing the evaluation of the succession … |
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