02 December 2020 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - ISDA Conference (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) - "Outlook for European regulation " - 2 December 2020 … funds should no longer benefit from this exemption under EMIR, and notably when trading with EU banks. The consequence … |
07 April 2020 | News | Crypto-asset markets: the AMF responds to the European Commission consultation Two years after the publication of its Fintech Action Plan, the European Commission is working on a new strategy to promote digital finance in the EU, while addressing the new risks it raises. It has launched a public consultation, open from 19 December 2019 to 19 March 2020, on the development of a European framework for crypto-assets markets… … Short-selling Regulation, AIFM Directive, UCITS Directive, EMIR and MAR (questions 54 to 112). The Autorité des marchés … |
02 April 2020 | News | Market activities continuity during the Covid-19 pandemic: the AMF states its expectations In order to fully accompany financial market professionals in the current context, the AMF reminds the financial industry of the various requirements arising from the European texts. Where possible, for example in the case of non-critical requirements, the Authority has decided to grant participants time extensions. … difficulties resulting from the coronavirus epidemic. … EMIR and MIFID II transaction reporting … Transaction … |
19 March 2020 | News | Market activities continuity during the coronavirus pandemic– the AMF states its expectations In order to fully accompany financial market professionals in the current context, the AMF reminds the financial industry of the various requirements arising from the European texts. Where possible, for example in the case of non-critical requirements, the Authority has decided to grant participants time extensions. … its position on call taping under MIFID 2 on March 20. … EMIR and MIFID II transaction reporting … Transaction … |
10 February 2020 | Enforcement Committee news releases | In its decision of 24 January 2020, the Enforcement Committee fined BRED Banque Populaire €500,000 for breaching several of its professional obligations under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) applicable to OTC derivative transaction... The Committee found BRED Banque Populaire guilty of three sets of infringements for events that took place between November 2015 and June 2017, in particular during the first half of 2017. … under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) applicable to OTC derivative transaction... … … five days. The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires the timely confirmation of the terms of … informed of the institution’s level of compliance with EMIR. An appeal may be lodged against this decision. About … |
03 February 2020 | Article | Obtain a CCP status In France, CCPs are supervised jointly by ACPR, AMF and Banque de France. An institution wishing to obtain a CCP status should submit to the French authorities an application file. … de France. The European Market Infrastructures Regulation (EMIR) has set a harmonised framework for the regulation and … comply with very specific requirements on risk management. EMIR foresees also the establishment of Colleges of … Market Infrastructures Regulation European Commission EMIR page ESMA website - RTS and Guidelines page ESMA website … |
22 January 2020 | Article | Submit annual reports to the AMF Once a year, investment management companies report certain information to the AMF. This includes the Annual Control Report (RAC) and the Annual Disclosure Sheet (FRA). Here we take a closer look at the timescale and procedures for sending this information to the AMF. … to provide other information with varying frequency (e.g. EMIR reporting to an authorised player if you use … |
09 December 2019 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections on EMIR reporting governance As part of its new Supervision#2022 strategy, the AMF announced its intention to conduct short, theme-based inspections known as “SPOT” (Supervision des Pratiques Opérationnelle et Thématique – operational and thematic supervision of practices) inspections, as well as its willingness to share the lessons learned from these exercises. It is now… … Summary of SPOT inspections on EMIR reporting governance … Télécharger le contenu As part of … excluding asset management companies, on the subject of EMIR reporting governance (mandatory reporting of … to trade repositories). Summary of SPOT inspections on EMIR reporting governance … … |
09 December 2019 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes a summary of derivatives reporting practices observed during its thematic inspections Pursuant to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) on infrastructure and OTC derivatives, operators in derivatives markets must report to trade repositories on the features of the contracts they establish and any changes in or termination of those contracts. This reporting is one of its supervision priorities for 2019, and the… … with regard to: general organisation of the performance of EMIR reporting; governance regarding the exhaustiveness and … monitoring indicators applying the regulations relating to EMIR reporting (exhaustiveness of reporting, compliance with … instances of non-compliance with the requirements on EMIR reporting governance. About the AMF The AMF is an … |
20 November 2019 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - ECSDA Annual Conference - 20 November 2019 in Brussels Check against delivery … in particular: legal instruments such as MiFID, MiFIR or EMIR; the operational and legal harmonisation work carried … Settlement Finality Directive, clearing and reporting in EMIR and SFTR) whereas DLT integrates the whole market chain. … |