12 March 2024 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - Conference organised by the Master’s in Business Law, and the Master’s in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering, as part of the House of Finance Days – “Sustainable Finance: Risks and opportunities ... … in Business Law, and the Master’s in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering, as part of the House of Finance Days – … students in Business Law, and in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering, It is with great pleasure that I have … for companies, as well as the creation of financial products designed to take into account the social pillar. … |
06 March 2024 | AMF news release | AMF calls on investment services providers to take account of the specific nature of temporary ownership dismemberment when marketing SCPI units Protecting investors is the AMF's top strategic priority. During a series of short, thematic inspections at four distributor institutions, the AMF found that very little attention was paid to the specific features of temporary ownership dismemberment in the provision of investment services involving units in real estate investment companies (SCPIs… … complexity to an investment in what is already a complex financial instrument, such that distributor institutions must … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
27 February 2024 | Article | Join us and let’s take action for the real world together! Our 500 employees ensure that savings are protected, investors receive material information and financial markets run smoothly.
They have scientific, legal, financial and accounting backgrounds. They come from a vast range of professions and sectors: banks, asset management companies, listed companies, audit and consulting firms, law firms,… … where expertise and skills are paramount. At the heart of financial regulation developments, our employees constantly interact with financial market participants. Explore our career … in their projects. It ensures that collective savings products are compliant and properly marketed. 2. Listed … |
27 February 2024 | Article | Our Social Responsibility At the AMF, we view sustainable development as a major challenge for society. We are committed to including sustainability issues, not only in our strategy towards the market participants we regulate, but also in our daily actions. … be made in the office, environmentally-friendly cleaning products, etc. Our employees contribute massively to this … and should have a positive impact on the environment. … Financial education for the general public … The AMF … Info Service to keep them informed on a daily basis. Financial education also consists in the development of … |
20 February 2024 | Article | Financial Skills Certification Board The Financial Skills Certification Board is responsible for providing opinions on the AMF's professional certification system and its updates. It has been chaired by Olympe Dexant-de Bailliencourt, a member of the AMF Board, since February 2024. … Financial Skills Certification Board … Tasks … The Financial Skills Certification Board was created in 2009 and … Director, Crédit Agricole group Yann Lejolivet, Banking Products Director, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Florian Marsaud, … |
20 February 2024 | Article | Consultative Commissions Comprising financial market participants, experts in management or market operation, representatives from professional associations or investor advocacy groups, the five AMF Consultative Commissions help inform the Board’s decisions on changes to regulations or AMF policy. … to dialogue and collaborate with members of the Paris financial community, the AMF Board set up five Consultative … it formulate policy in the light of developments affecting products, market structures and the legal and financial environment, both domestic and international. The … |
20 February 2024 | Article | The AMF Board The Board is the AMF’s main decision-making and prosecuting authority It has 16 members drawn from a broad variety of backgrounds. This multidisciplinarity ensures that it has the technical and legal expertise needed to carry out its tasks. … which they cannot do business) or collective investment products (without which they cannot be marketed) and … market abuse, the Board must refer the case to the French financial prosecution service to set up a referral procedure. … … The Board adopts the AMF’s budget and approves the financial statements. It sets the rules of procedure, ethical … |
20 February 2024 | News | The AMF publishes, in a position paper, the key principles it believes should guide the SFDR review The AMF contributed, at the end of last year, to the consultation launched by the European Commission on the Sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR). It publishes today a position paper outlining the key principles it believes should guide the SFDR review. … Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as a non-financial disclosure regime applying to financial entities and products. However, it has been used in practice as a … |
20 February 2024 | AMF’s EU positions | Towards a review of SFDR The AMF contributed, at the end of last year, to the consultation launched by the European Commission on the Sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR). It publishes today a position paper outlining the key principles it believes should guide the SFDR review. … Sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR) as a non-financial disclosure regime applying to financial entities and products. SFDR being intended as a disclosure regime, … |
13 February 2024 | AMF news release | Ten new key figures admitted to the Board of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers By an order of the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty dated 8 February 2024, published in the Official Journal on 9 February 2024 and by appointment decision of public competent authorities, the AMF Board, chaired by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani is renewed with ten news members among 16. … ensuring that investors are properly informed and that financial markets function efficiently while taking into account financial stability objectives. Board members other than the … for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |