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.… regulator of Europe's leading financial center in terms of market capitalisation. This is a situation that we should be … we can make to the attractiveness of the Paris financial market" said AMF Chair Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani. For 2023, … benchmark administrators. … For market intermediaries and infrastructures: … the quality of post-trade transparency … |
29 December 2022 | Article | Obtain a trading venue authorisation The market operator or investment firm operating a trading venue is supervised jointly by ACPR and AMF. The trading venue authorisation file to be provided to the French authorities is constituted of the items required by MiFID2 and the related technical standards as well as by the French regulatory framework.… trading venues: the regulated markets (RM) operated by a market operator, the multilateral trading facilities (MTF) … and the organised trading facilities (OTF) operated by a market operator or an investment firm. The market operator or … … Obtain a trading venue authorisation … Market infrastructures … MIFID … |
21 October 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF issues a request for candidates for its consultative commissions The AMF is renewing its five consultative commissions and is looking for new profiles and expertise to help inform the Board's decisions on changes to regulations and practices of professionals, listed companies or retail investors. Applications may be submitted until 14 November 2022.… on issues pertaining to the operation of the secondary market and other related matters; the Clearing, Custody and … firms, auditing firms, management or investment companies, market infrastructures, or in academia; for its Markets and … |
29 July 2022 | News | Common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR: the AMF complies with ESMA guidelines The AMF applies ESMA guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR.… 21 of EMIR: the AMF complies with ESMA guidelines … News … Market Infrastructures … Post-trade Infrastructures … Common … 21 of EMIR: the AMF complies with ESMA guidelines … Market infrastructures … Post-trading infrastructures … EMIR … |
29 July 2022 | Policy | Position DOC-2022-05 On July 28, the AMF declared to ESMA that it complies with the ESMA guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR.… and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR … Market Infrastructures EMIR Market infrastructures Policy On July 28, the AMF declared to … |
26 July 2022 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2010-09 … AMF examination relating to the professional knowledge of market participants … Other professionals Professional … AMF examination relating to the professional knowledge of market participants - DOC 2010-09 Requirements for … makers, liquidity providers, etc.); Free access to market infrastructures and limitations; New requirements for … |
08 July 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its 2022 Markets and Risk Outlook Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and a resurgence in health risks, the 2022 edition notes increased economic and financial risks: inflationary pressures, acceleration of monetary policy normalisation, pressure on corporate solvency, and a financial market repricing.… levels on markets that mostly involve non-financial market participants, with concern over their ability to honour them. The nickel market closed temporarily for the first time in its history, … similar to those seen before the 2008 crisis. Market infrastructures were very resilient to incidents such as the … |
01 July 2022 | News | Market infrastructures on blockchain technology: publication of the European Pilot Regime regulation The European regulation “Pilot Regime” applies to market infrastructures based on a distributed ledger technology. This regulation, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 2, 2022, will enter into force on March 23, 2023.… Market infrastructures on blockchain technology: publication of the … European Pilot Regime regulation … Developing a secondary market for security tokens … The Pilot Regime, which will … technology in financial market activities. … DLT market infrastructures … Pilot Regime defines a new category of … |
02 June 2022 | Public statements | Keynote speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - WFC2022 Conference organized by ECSDA: "Contribution of Central Securities Depositories to local and global economies" - 30th May 2022 … timely posting or delivery of collateral for payments and market operations: for the primary market, by centralising the initial recording of any newly … next year, a regulatory sandbox that would allow certain infrastructures, such as a DLT central securities depository … |
18 May 2022 | AMF news release | With the publication of its 2021 annual report, the AMF reviews its five-year strategic plan, #Supervision2022 The AMF has reviewed the actions taken in 2021 to ensure investor protection as well as the smooth operation of financial markets, and assessed them in light of the strategic orientations set for 2018-2022. As this strategic cycle draws to a close in an economic context hard hit by the conflict in Ukraine, the AMF Chairman outlines the main…… which should produce regulatory changes in the future. … Market supervision, investigations and inspections in 2021 … 119 billion lines of data entered on the market supervision platform 1280 reports on suspicious … … the adoption of a pilot exemption regime for market infrastructures wishing to use distributed ledger techniques … |
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