21 May 2019 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes a summary of its thematic review of portfolio management practices In 2018, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) carried out two rounds of five thematic inspections of investment service providers, other than asset management firms (9 credit institutions and 1 investment firm authorised to manage portfolios on behalf of third parties). On the basis of its observations, it has prepared a list of good and poor… … purpose of the mandate, management objectives, authorised financial instruments, transmission of regular information to … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected, that investors are provided with … |
20 May 2019 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB conference - " Implementing the French-Swedish partnership for innovation and green solutions " - Paris – 20 may 2019 … Director General of Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, we have succeeded last year … on the same journey. Second, because our companies and our financial institutions - our banks, our insurance companies, … including their supply chain and the usage of their products and services by customers. We need more accurate … |
20 May 2019 | News | Publication by ESMA of technical advice on the integration of ESG risks and factors The European Commission has made sustainable finance one of its priorities, with the launch of an Action Plan in March 2018. In this context, in early May ESMA published two sets of technical advice for investment services and asset managers on the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and factors. … coming months: discussions on the planned eco-label for financial products, and preparation, in conjunction with the other … |
17 May 2019 | AMF news release | Prospectus Regulation: the Autorité des Marchés Financiers launches a public consultation on the update of its General Regulation The provisions of the European Prospectus Regulation will come into force on 21 July 2019. In this context, the regulator is launching a consultation on several amendments to its General Regulation. About one hundred articles are affected. … law, of the European definition of the public offer of financial securities; "Negative transposition" of the … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
15 May 2019 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - Presentation of the AMF 2018 annual report - Tuesday 7 May 2019 … also like to highlight the on-going efforts to tackle financial crime, which our market-supervision tool, the … its findings with stakeholders operating on France's financial markets. In 2018, 63 inspections were carried out, … members. Similarly, efforts to define "new" Europe-wide products have fallen short. No progress has been made on … |
14 May 2019 | AMF news release | The Autorité des marchés financiers and the Israel Securities Authority cooperate to encourage innovation At the annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in Sydney (Australia), the chairpersons of the French and the Israeli authorities, Robert Ophèle and Anat Guetta today signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of strengthening innovation, investor protection and competitiveness in their respective… … the last three years the AMF has made clear its focus on financial innovation and on making Paris a more competitive financial marketplace. The new agreement with the Israel … for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
14 May 2019 | Bilateral MoU | ISA - 2019 - Fintech MOU 2019 - MOU regarding cooperation for innovation in the financial sector between the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) … 2019 - MOU regarding cooperation for innovation in the financial sector between the Autorité des marchés financiers … demonstrating that it: offers innovative financial products or services that might benefit the consumer, … demonstrating that it: offers innovative financial products or services that might benefit the consumer, … |
07 May 2019 | AMF news release | The Autorité des marches financiers publishes its 2018 annual report During the presentation of the AMF's activity report to the press, Robert Ophèle, the Chairman, took the opportunity to discuss the priorities for the next European term from the regulator's perspective. He also reviewed the new responsibilities assigned to the AMF under the PACTE draft law (Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation). … marches financiers publishes its 2018 annual report … For financial institutions and the market regulator alike, 2018 … year in which key European laws such as the new Markets in Financial Instruments framework were implemented. However, it … … Supervision of financial intermediaries and savings products … 633 asset management companies of which 24 … |
26 April 2019 | AMF news release | The French authorities grant Euroclear France its CSDR license Euroclear France, the French central securities depository has been authorised by Autorité des marchés financiers under European regulation n° 909/2014 on central securities depositories, placing this entity under the European regulatory framework. … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
23 April 2019 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2019-05 Instruction 2019-05 clarifies the conditions for the recognition of foreign markets. The revised procedure specifies that a foreign market does not require any recognition provided that non-professional clients are not solicited to carry out transactions on financial instruments tradable within it, either directly or indirectly through a market… … clients are not solicited to carry out transactions on financial instruments tradable within it, either directly or … L. 423-1, D. 423-1 to D. 423-3 of the monetary and financial code and articles 251- 1 to 251-7 and 513-3 of the … French intermediaries, French regulated markets and their products in the home country of the applicant exchange. In … |