20 January 2023 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - New Year address to the financial centre - Monday 9 January … away: this is excellent news! Because it means that the financing circuits of our economy are powerful, and that we have major decision-making … for the benefit of investors as well as to finance the economy, businesses and the ecological transition, which … |
09 January 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF has published its action and supervisory priorities for 2023 On the occasion of her New Year address to the press, AMF Chair Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani presented the AMF’s priorities for the coming 12 months. These include working to enhance retail investor protection and pursuing its commitment to sustainable finance and financial innovation.… to strengthen investor protection. The Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty has … Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and securities financing transactions as regards the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation(SFTR); provision of market … |
27 October 2022 | AMF news release | Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani appointed Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers By decree of the President of the Republic dated 26 October 2022, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani has been appointed Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). She will be replacing Robert Ophèle, whose term of office came to an end on 31 July. Jean-Claude Hassan has been acting as interim Chair since then.… years later, she joined the cabinet of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry as a technical advisor in … of the National Euro Committee, in the State and Economic Financing Department. She was later appointed Deputy Director of Banks and General Interest Financing. In 2007, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani became Deputy … |
25 October 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF and the ACPR publish their third report on the monitoring and assessment of the climate commitments of Paris financial centre actors While the last two reports focused on assessing all the climate commitments made by financial institutions, this edition focuses on the governance of these commitments. The two Authorities also present their findings regarding fossil fuel policies.… and detail, particularly for commitments on fossil fuel financing. Periodic controls could also be strengthened and … Alliance has been noted as a positive development, coal financing decreases at an uneven pace according to financial … actors … Sustainable Finance … Governance … Financing the economy … |
14 October 2022 | Public statements | Speech by Benoît de Juvigny, AMF Secretary General - AFME’s 6th Annual European Compliance and Legal Conference – 13 October 2022, Amsterdam … the storm. Robust stock exchanges are essential for the financing of the economy, but also for ensuring market liquidity and price … |
11 October 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF awards its 2022 prize for young researchers in economics The AMF launched the Young Researcher Award in 2015 to support academic research on topics related to regulation and the financial markets. The AMF prize rewards two researchers this year: Hava Orkut, Associate Professor in Finance at EM Strasbourg Business School, and Noémie Pinardon-Touati, Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at…… on the interaction between public policies, corporate financing and the impact on the real economy. Noémie Pinardon-Touati's work can be consulted at … |
12 August 2022 | News | Sustainability requirements in the distribution of financial instruments: update on upcoming legislation and its implementation dates On 2 August 2022, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 comes into force, amending the MiFID II framework by introducing sustainability preferences. Further legislation will subsequently come into force, affecting not only investment services providers (ISPs) from 22 November 2022, but also financial investment advisers (FIAs) from 1 January 2023.… for ISPs … Following the publication of its action plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, which aims to redirect capital … AMF General Regulation by an order of the Minister for the Economy. … Changes to the framework applicable to FIAs … FIAs … are subject to approval by order of the Minister for the Economy. … ESMA’s forthcoming guidelines … ESMA held a public … |
26 July 2022 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2010-09 … framework: the legislator, the Ministry for the Economy, the Treasury and the supervisory authorities; … currency exchange rates); Role of financial markets in the economy; Market fluctuations and their causes. The … security: anti- money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism and corruption; embargoes 3 3 A … |
08 July 2022 | Report / study | 2022 Markets and Risk Outlook The AMF has issued its 2022 Markets and Risk Outlook, a yearly assessment of trends and vulnerabilities. Marked by the deterioration of the financial environment under the combined effect of the war in Ukraine and the resurgence of health risks, the analysis focuses on economic financing, markets, household savings and collective investment…… of health risks, the analysis focuses on economic financing, markets, household savings and collective … of health risks, the analysis focuses on economic financing, markets, household savings and collective … … Asset management … Savings protection … Financing the economy … |
27 June 2022 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - IOSCO/OECD Virtual Conference on Corporate Bond Markets - 24 June 2022 … fact that they are much more important than MMFs for the financing of our economies. Such an assessment would be … or simply, the drying up of one of the channels for financing the economy... or all three happening at once. Regarding … |
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