04 April 2022 | In-depth | Taxonomy regulation - Article 8: on reporting obligations of companies To promote sustainable investment, the Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852) establishes a European Union-wide classification system to identify economic activities that are considered sustainable. Pursuant to Article 8 of this regulation, companies are required to publish sustainability indicators from 1 January 2022. A delegated…… this subject and involve all relevant departments, their governance bodies and their statutory auditors. In general, … |
21 March 2022 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2014-06 The AMF recommendation DOC-2014-06 details the expectations of the AMF for the operation and organisation of compliance, risk management, internal monitoring and periodic control functions within asset management companies (AMCs). This guide specifies, notably, how different control functions should be structured and is aimed at AMCs that manage…… It must provide details of: - the organisation and governance of the permanent risk management function … It must provide details of: - the organisation and governance of the permanent risk management function … It must provide details of: - the organisation and governance of the permanent risk management function … |
10 March 2022 | Policy | Position DOC-2018-08 … body, and of other key function holders, as part of the governance arrangements referred to in Articles L. 532-29, L. … Code and (ii) the related assessment processes, (iii) governance policies and practices, including the principle of … |
05 January 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its priorities for 2022, the last year of its five-year strategy The AMF's actions in the coming months will focus on four main areas: Europe, retail investment, sustainable finance and the modernisation of its regulatory action.… contractual commitments in terms of sustainable finance, governance and quality of reporting data, monitoring and … |
23 December 2021 | Report / study | 2021 report on corporate governance and executive compensation in listed companies Once again this year, due to the persistence of the health crisis and the resulting changes in regulations, the AMF is reviewing the functioning of the General Assemblies. It then analyzes the information published by listed companies, on the one hand, on the interactions of the board of directors with the general management and shareholders and,…… 2021 report on corporate governance and executive compensation in listed companies … … of the report to voting advisors. 2021 report on corporate governance and executive compensation in listed companies … … cations/reports-research-and-analysis/2021-report-corporate-governance-and-executive-compensation-listed-companies … Once … |
21 December 2021 | Public statements | Speech by Benoît de Juvigny, AMF Secretary General - IOSCO SPAC Network Stakeholder Meeting - 16 December 2021 … both (i) with respect to the proper application of product governance and distribution of shares and warrants under the … and for which specific MIFID distribution and product governance rules apply. From our experience, there is a … the entry for retail investors and specific MIFID product governance rules strikes a good balance between investor … |
09 December 2021 | Policy | Position DOC-2010-05 … the following: the primacy of clients’ interests, product governance, client disclosures, assessing the suitability and … in particular, in the “Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements” (ESMA 35-43-620) published by the … accordance with AMF Position DOC 2018-04 (MiFID II product governance requirements). AMF Position - Marketing of complex … |
02 December 2021 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its annual report on corporate governance and the executive compensation of listed companies Against the backdrop of the health crisis, the 2021 annual report is the opportunity to review the functioning of shareholders' meetings and discuss the issues of the adjustment of remunerations and interactions of the board with executive management and shareholders. For the second year running, the report examines the information provided by…… The AMF publishes its annual report on corporate governance and the executive compensation of listed companies … the information published by listed companies on corporate governance and executive compensation. It only examines … by the AFEP, the MEDEF and the High Committee on Corporate Governance (HCGE). The AMF also names companies that have not … |
29 October 2021 | Policy | Recommendation DOC-2021-06 … companies to involve all the divisions concerned, their governance bodies (Board of Directors, Audit Committee) and … |
19 October 2021 | AMF news release | Investor protection: the AMF publishes a summary of the findings of a series of SPOT inspections on the governance of financial instruments During its short thematic inspections, the AMF examined the way in which some institutions implemented the provisions of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID2) with regard to the distribution of financial instruments to retail investors.… of the findings of a series of SPOT inspections on the governance of financial instruments … Designed to provide … better investor protection, MiFID2 has strengthened governance requirements for financial instruments by … to understand the characteristics of each product. Product governance requirements involve, in particular, defining a … |
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