22 July 2024 | AMF news release | AMF and Banque de France call for a well-anticipated move to T+1 Settlement Cycle The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Banque de France call for a well-coordinated and efficient transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for transactions on securities across the EU. This initiative comes at a time when the European Commission has confirmed that the principle of T+1 has been accepted. This shift brings substantial… … brings substantial challenges, in particular due to EU market specificities that must be managed smoothly and … brings substantial challenges, in particular due to EU market specificities that must be managed smoothly and … Settlement Cycle … Regulatory developments … Post-trading infrastructures … Market infrastructures … Cooperation … |
22 July 2024 | AMF’s EU positions | T+1 in the EU, a major challenge to be approached in two steps Joint position paper by the AMF and the Banque de France on shortening the settlement cycle in the European Union. … EU positions … Executive & other private individuals … Market Infrastructures … Post-trade Infrastructures … T+1 in the EU, … … Regulatory developments … Post-trading infrastructures … Market infrastructures … |
27 May 2024 | AMF news release | AMF publishes its 2023 Annual Report At the presentation of the annual report to the press, the Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, highlighted the progress made by the regulator in 2023 in line with its Impact 2027 strategic guidelines, and its determination to stay on track in 2024. … of the major pan-European financial players that are market infrastructures, but also of crypto-asset services providers, … as well as for the revival of the securitisation market. At the international level, the AMF has been … |
27 May 2024 | News | ESMA's 20 recommendations for more efficient and attractive European markets Following several months of joined-up thinking on the relaunch of the Capital Markets Union, in which the AMF has taken part, ESMA published on 22 May 2024 a position paper setting out recommendations to promote the strengthening of European capital markets and enable them to address the needs of European citizens and businesses. … on the world stage. Today, they account for 11% of global market capitalisation and 15% of initial public offerings by … review of industry data. By way of comparison, the US market represents 45% and 32% respectively. Despite the … from direct European supervision, such as large market infrastructures and major pan-European digital asset services … |
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. … impair investors' rights or the proper functioning of the market. … Examine inspection and investigation reports and … investigation reveals offences that may be qualified as market abuse, the Board must refer the case to the French … Financial Markets Directorate and the Payments and Market Infrastructures Directorate. He was also seconded for a year … |
26 January 2024 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - New Year address to the financial centre - Thursday 18 January 2024 … investor information and the proper functioning of the market, are the best contribution we can make to the … dual listing - a very good move at a time when the stock market is looking rather gloomy. On another note, I hope … asset management, marketing, intermediaries and market infrastructures. We need to ensure that our monitoring tools … |
26 January 2024 | Policy | Position DOC-2024-01 - ESMA’s Guidelines for reporting under EMIR On January 26, 2024, the AMF declared that it complies with ESMA's Guidelines published on October 23, 2023 on EMIR reporting. The ESMA guidelines are available at the following links:In French: Orientations ESMA relatives aux déclarations au titre du règlement EMIRIn English:Guidelines ESMA for reporting under EMIR … ESMA’s Guidelines for reporting under EMIR … Market Infrastructures Investment services providers Investment … central counterparties and trade repositories - European Market Infrastructure Regulation ("EMIR"). Book 5 Position … |
19 January 2024 | Annual Report | AMF Supervisory Priorities for 2024 In this document, the AMF presents the supervisory themes for the year 2023 for professionals subject to its supervision. These priorities cover the following areas: asset management, the activities of intermediaries and market infrastructures, and the marketing of financial products. … asset management, the activities of intermediaries and market infrastructures, and the marketing of financial products. AMF … asset management, the activities of intermediaries and market infrastructures, and the marketing of financial … |
18 January 2024 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its action plan and supervisory priorities for 2024 Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chairwoman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), outlined the AMF’s priorities for the coming twelve months to the press, in line with the “Impact 2027” strategic guidelines defined in 2023. All these priorities reflect the AMF’s commitment to strive each day to protect investors and enhance the attractiveness of… … and real estate assets. … Concerning intermediaries and market infrastructures: … Quality of MiFIR, EMIR, SFTR, and CSDR … cross-functional processes relating to employee conduct; Market abuses prevention with traditional supervision of … |
14 December 2023 | Policy | Position DOC-2023-10 - … centraux de titres – procédure de « comply or explain » … Market Infrastructures Market infrastructures Policy Book 5 Position DOC-2023-10 … … |
