27 October 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF and the US CFTC sign MOU for supervision of certain cross-border firms Yesterday, the AMF and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of certain regulated firms that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and in France.… responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
27 October 2023 | Retail investors dashboard | The Active Retail Investor Dashboard - No.12 - October 2023 The Active Retail Investor Dashboard provides quarterly updates on individuals who have carried out at least one transaction on financial instruments in the past quarter.… who have carried out at least one transaction on financial instruments in the past quarter. The Active Retail … who have carried out at least one transaction on financial instruments in the past quarter. … The Active … October 2023 … Shares … Collective investments … Financial products … |
25 October 2023 | AMF news release | Regulatory reporting by asset management companies: the AMF calls for greater diligence The AMF has published the results of a SPOT (Supervision of Operational and Thematic Practices) inspection campaign on the processes of preparing, verifying, and transmitting regulatory reports to the AMF. The findings show that management companies need to be more diligent about the quality of the data they submit.… responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
25 October 2023 | Public statements | Closing speech by Marie-Anne Barbat Layani, AMF Chair - 16th Seminar of the Enforcement Committee, Thursday 12 October 2023 … law on sanction proceedings. These are key issues for the financial markets regulator and for all actors in the financial center. Their significance is central to financial … influencers promoting certain risky and complex financial products, services based on digital assets where the … |
19 October 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF ensures that retail investors are properly informed on fees of financial products The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a guide for professionals on the terms they should use to make it easier for their customers to understand and compare fees. The AMF has launched a new section on fees on its website, providing educational content and tools to help retail investors better understand the costs they may be…… that retail investors are properly informed on fees of financial products … More than half of French retail investors say they … AMF pays close attention to the transparency of fees for financial products and services and urges professionals to … |
11 October 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF announces the appointment of its new Secretary General, Sébastien Raspiller Following a decision by the Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), Sébastien Raspiller will be appointed Secretary General of the AMF on 16 October 2023. He replaces Benoît de Juvigny, who has held this position for 11 years.… of the French Treasury, where he has been head of the Financial Sector Department since May 2018. Sébastien … of Finance in Berlin. Head of the Insurance Markets and Products Office at the French Treasury from 2009 to 2012, he … becoming Deputy Director for business financing and the financial market from 2013 to 2018. “I have chosen to appoint … |
04 October 2023 | In-depth | Sustainable finance Finance must contribute to the transition towards a more sustainable economy. Focus on our approach, our publications, and actions in the field of sustainable finance.… stakeholders on the subject of sustainable finance: financial market experts, members from the business world, … requirements and specify the operational implications for financial market participants in order to ensure their proper … Proposal for minimum environmental standards for financial products belonging to the Art.9 and 8 categories of SFDR … |
03 October 2023 | Policy | Position DOC-2018-04 The AMF adopts the ESMA guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements (ESMA35-43-3448) for investment services providers. These guidelines, incorporated into position DOC-2018-04, aim to detail the obligations of manufacturers and distributors, particularly with regard to the categories to be taken into account in defining a target market…… … Articles L. 533-24 et L. 533-24-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code (in french only) Articles 313-1 and following … … Articles L. 533-24 et L. 533-24-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code (in French only) Articles 313-1 and following … investment service and the product’s target market. The products concerned are financial instruments as defined in … |
03 October 2023 | Policy | Position DOC-2019-03 … de référence … I of Article L. 533-13 of the Monetary and Financial Code (in French only) Articles 54 and 55 of … References: I of Article L. 533-13 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Articles 54 and 55 of Commission Delegated … to ensure the suitability of the investment services or products for the client's profile. The twelve ESMA guidelines … |
02 October 2023 | Warning | The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing atypical investments without being authorised to do so The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do so. … responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with … |
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