26 May 2023 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair, The AMF: "a pivotal position at the heart of financial regulation" - General Assembly of the French Association of Corporate Treasurers - 20 April 2023 … AMF Chair, The AMF: "a pivotal position at the heart of financial regulation" - General Assembly of the French … of my speech: "The AMF: a pivotal position at the heart of financial regulation". The purpose is to give your members a … United States and in Switzerland. In any case, a banking crisis, however small, is always an event that must be taken … |
22 May 2023 | News | MiFID II remuneration requirements: the AMF applies the ESMA Guidelines The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a Position DOC-2023-03 to incorporate the guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on certain aspects of the MiFID II remuneration requirements. This position will come into force on October 3rd, 2023.… the entry into force of MiFID 1 and in particular the financial crisis of 2007, a regulatory framework dedicated to … one investment service. The AMF also points out that these financial actors are also subject to other regulations … |
20 April 2023 | AMF news release | Slight recovery of retail investor activity in the stock market After a slowdown in the second half of last year, the number of active retail investors in the stock market in the first quarter of the year picked up again, but without returning to the levels seen between 2020 and 2022. The number of investors in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached the highest level recorded by the Autorité des Marchés…… it is much higher than in 2018 and 2019, before the health crisis. After a wait-and-see phase in the second half of last … Investor Dashboard is based on reports provided by French financial institutions and French branches of EU institutions … since the entry into force of the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) in January 2018. … |
16 February 2023 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2011-05 … it was decided as part of the work undertaken by the Financial Services High Level Committee to expand the … appropriate), and more generally, with the technical and financial characteristics of the CIS. 2 In order better to … the net assets of the fund or target resistance level to a crisis applied to the risk factor concerned where applicable … |
24 January 2023 | AMF news release | Over 1.5 million retail investors bought or sold shares in 2022 The ninth edition of the AMF's Active Retail Investor Dashboard shows that many retail investors continued to invest in the stock market last year, notwithstanding a more challenging environment, after an exceptional year in 2021. This is higher than in 2020 and previous years.… investors during the market downturn linked to the health crisis, 1.3 million retail investors carried out equity … shows that equities remain by far the most traded financial instruments by individuals, even though there has … based on detailed transaction data provided by French financial institutions and French branches of EU institutions … |
12 October 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF calls on investment fund depositaries to strengthen their arrangements for the onboarding and monitoring of asset management companies Following a series of short inspections of the practices of five depositaries of collective investments, the AMF has identified significant differences in the quality of the arrangements examined. It has outlined the good and poor practices observed in a summary document.… this may have been negatively affected by the health crisis. It was also noted that there were significant … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are … |
08 July 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its 2022 Markets and Risk Outlook Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and a resurgence in health risks, the 2022 edition notes increased economic and financial risks: inflationary pressures, acceleration of monetary policy normalisation, pressure on corporate solvency, and a financial market repricing.… in China, have adversely affected the environment of financial markets and growth prospects, while exacerbating … unprecedented levels on markets that mostly involve non-financial market participants, with concern over their … reached levels similar to those seen before the 2008 crisis. Market infrastructures were very resilient to … |
07 July 2022 | AMF news release | Grégoire Vuarlot is appointed coordinator of the ACPR and AMF Joint Unit starting 1st July 2022 Grégoire Vuarlot, Director of Business Practices Supervision at the ACPR, takes over from Claire Castanet, Head of Retail Investor Relations and Protection at the AMF, as coordinator of the Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment from 1st July 2022 until 30 June 2024. … represent the AMF within the Joint Unit. During the health crisis, the authorities were fully mobilised to prevent financial scams in the face of the increasing number of … communications for so-called green or sustainable financial products,” explained Grégoire Vuarlot. Since its … |
27 June 2022 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - IOSCO/OECD Virtual Conference on Corporate Bond Markets - 24 June 2022 … conundrum. When we look back at the March 2020 episode on financial markets, we could be inclined to remember only the … four months from April to July, bond issuance by EU non-financial corporations amounted to more than twice their … in their valuation methods, which in the event of a crisis, could generate a first-mover advantage and trigger … |
15 June 2022 | AMF news release | The ACPR and AMF Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment publishes its 2021 annual report In a highly dynamic capital markets environment, the Joint Unit of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) continued its theme-based work in 2021, and also continued to monitor and oversee commercial practices. The two authorities also stepped up their cooperation in the fight…… its theme-based projects. Work on the digital marketing of financial savings products continued throughout 2021. A … of its work in April 2021. The two authorities called on financial institutions to exercise greater vigilance with … platform. After two exceptional years linked to the health crisis, the audience of the abe-infoservice.fr website … |
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