26 April 2023 | News | Crypto-asset markets: the MiCA regulation adopted by the European Parliament The European regulation on crypto-asset markets ("Markets in Crypto-Assets" or "MiCA") was adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday 20 April. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is preparing the transition towards MiCA and is contributing to the drafting of the implementing technical standards and guidelines that are to be published by… … Crypto-asset markets: the MiCA regulation adopted by the European … Parliament … A European framework for crypto-asset markets … Part of the EU Digital finance package, the European regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets ("MiCA") seeks to regulate … |
20 April 2023 | AMF news release | Slight recovery of retail investor activity in the stock market After a slowdown in the second half of last year, the number of active retail investors in the stock market in the first quarter of the year picked up again, but without returning to the levels seen between 2020 and 2022. The number of investors in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached the highest level recorded by the Autorité des Marchés… … in the first quarter, amid a strong rally in equity markets. Over the first three months of the year, 746,000 … of EU institutions since the entry into force of the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) in … The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … … |
18 April 2023 | Policy | Position DOC-2018-05 … to ESMA that it complied with the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on stress test scenarios under … position, which incorporates the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on stress test scenarios under … the AMF decided to comply with the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on stress test scenarios under … |
30 March 2023 | AMF news release | Laure Tertrais is appointed Head of the AMF Chair’s Executive Office with effect from 1 April 2023 Laure Tertrais will provide essential support to the AMF Chair and ensure that she has all the backing she needs to carry out her duties. She will ensure that the events scheduled in the Chair’s agenda are smoothly prepared and followed up, and will play a key coordination role with internal and external stakeholders (at the national level). Her… … and Saint-Gobain Vitrage, she joined the French financial markets regulator (Commission des Opérations de Bourse) in … The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … … |
08 March 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF has produced the standard profile of active investors in 2022 Men and women: who trades in the stock market, in what type of securities, and in what age group? The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has analysed the profile of French investors who bought and sold financial securities in 2022. The results show that three out of ten active investors are women and that men perform more transactions. … of active investors in 2022 … Under the regulations on markets in financial instruments, financial institutions are … The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … … |
08 March 2023 | AMF news release | Shareholder dialogue on environmental and climate issues Questions regarding environmental and climate issues are becoming a major challenge for companies especially listed companies. All stakeholders, including investors, have increased their expectations, notably on the occasion of listed companies’ annual general meetings. … by the Legal High Committee for Paris Financial Markets (HCJP) of its report on climate resolutions, which … The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … … |
07 March 2023 | AMF news release | Mystery shopping campaign to bank branches: progress made in the questioning to client, improvements needed in the information provided The new AMF mystery shopping campaign, carried out for the first time as part of a European exercise coordinated by ESMA, shows that institutions are conducting a more in-depth analysis of the situation of future clients than in the previous wave. However, there is still significant work to be done on how fees are presented and on providing… … proper application of the regulations stemming from the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). These … The exercise coordinated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), in which ten other regulators … The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets.Visit our website https://www.amf-france.org/en … … |
07 March 2023 | Report / study | Results of the 2022 “risk-averse” and “risk-loving” mystery shopping campaigns In 2022, with the help of the IPSOS research institute, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) conducted two in-branch mystery shopping campaigns, one risk-averse and one risk-loving. For the first time since the AMF began conducting mystery shopping in 2010, the operation was part of a European study, coordinated by the European Securities and… … European study, coordinated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), on the costs and charges of … European study, coordinated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), on the costs and charges of … |
24 February 2023 | News | AI enthusiasts, the AMF challenges you For the third consecutive year, on January 6th, 2023, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers launched a new challenge aimed at students and young researchers through the specialized platform of the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The goal is to generate innovative proposals in the field of artificial intelligence that can contribute to its future work. … … AI enthusiasts, the AMF challenges you … Innovation … Markets … |
23 February 2023 | News | Market infrastructures on blockchain: Application of the EU DLT Pilot Regime from March 23rd The application date of the European regulation on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology is soon approaching. The AMF would like to provide certain useful information reminders around this, and stands ready to engage with interested parties and prospective applicants. … DLT market infrastructures, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Report on the DLT Pilot … Regime. The AMF will be the entry point for regulated markets (that seek to operate a DLT MTF) and central security … |