22 June 2017 | AMF news release | The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes its 2016 annual report On 21 June 2017, Gérard Rameix, Chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, presented the AMF 2016 activity report to the media. He took the opportunity to highlight a few challenges that lay ahead for the coming months: the negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well as EMIR reform and the implementation of… … of the new financial markets framework (MiFID II) and the PRIIPS Regulation on pre-contractual information, and on … implementation of important texts, including MiFID II and PRIIPS. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes its … implementation of important texts, including MiFID II and PRIIPS. … The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes its … |
06 June 2017 | AMF news release | The Coordination Committee of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) publishes its 2016 annual report For over seven years, the Coordination Committee of the ACPR and the AMF has fulfilled its role of protecting retail investors in the banking, insurance and financial services sectors. At a press conference held today, Claire Castanet, Coordination Committee coordinator and Director of Retail Investor Relations at the AMF, and Olivier Fliche,… … Directive), the IDD (Insurance Distribution Directive) and PRIIPs (Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment … |
04 April 2017 | News | Implementing "FROG" innovations and preparing for the entry into force of the PRIIPs Regulation: updates to AMF policy Following on from the work done as part of the market-wide "FROG" project, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has amended its policy on AMF classifications, the disclosure of management fees charged by UCITS and certain AIFs, management delegation and the transformation of a common fund into a SICAV. The AMF has also made changes to its… … innovations and preparing for the entry into force of the PRIIPs Regulation: updates to AMF policy … FROG: “AMF … funds and professional private equity funds … … PRIIPs: amendments to AMF policy in preparation for the … Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 (the “PRIIPs Regulation”) on 1 January 2018, the AMF’s General … |
09 November 2016 | Form/Reporting | Supplement to Form A1 updating the asset management company's remuneration policy in accordance with the UCITS V Directive Please attach two copies of this document to Form A1 in Annex 4 of AMF Instruction DOC-2008-03. … … Asset management … Investment services … AIFMD … UCIT … PRIIPs … |
07 November 2016 | AMF news release | The AMF appoints Matthieu Lucchesi head of Asset Management Regulation within the Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate Matthieu Lucchesi, who was previously deputy head of the Asset Management Regulation Division, has been promoted to head of the division, which is part of the Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate. … negotiations connected with implementing measures for the PRIIPs Regulation. She has also been involved in a number of … |
18 October 2016 | Public statements | Speech by Benoît de Juvigny, AMF Secretary General - European Congress of Asset Management - Thursday 13 October 2016 … time, more pertinent. This is the main objective of the PRIIPs regulation. The context of the development of … serve "retail investors properly. In the context of PRIIPs, this is one of the AMF's major objectives. However, … well aware of the exacting technical requirements of the PRIIPS regulation. We know that it presents a challenge for … |
07 June 2016 | AMF news release | AMF public consultation on the abolition of its classification of collective investment undertakings Complementing its participation in the FROG working group, which aims to enhance the positioning of French asset management internationally and to give the industry the best available distribution tools, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is questioning the need to retain its classification guidance of collective investment undertakings… … Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPS) Regulation nor any other European regulation provide … products, and the former are not classified; and the PRIIPS Regulation and MiFID 2 improve the quality of investor … |
26 May 2016 | News | Revision of the Prospectus Directive The revision of the Prospectus Directive, an important component of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) as the "gateway" for market financing, was announced by the European Commission in January 2015 and published on 30 November 2015. The proposed regulation is currently being reviewed by the European Council and Parliament. The AMF supports the… … linked with the Key Information Document laid down in the PRIIPs Regulation, and greater selectivity of risk factors, … State, can be distributed throughout the European Union. > PRIIPs: Regulation No. 1286/2014 of 26 November 2014 on key … |
17 May 2016 | AMF news release | The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) publishes its 2015 annual report On 17 May 2016, AMF Chairman Gérard Rameix presented the AMF's 2015 annual report to the media. He took the opportunity to highlight AMF efforts to prevent risk and make the French financial marketplace more competitive. … information to compare packaged investment products (PRIIPS) before they invest, the AMF is also dedicated to … |
24 September 2015 | News | Asset management: reviewing the big topics of autumn 2015 and upcoming European regulations The regulatory agenda for autumn 2015 includes AIFM implementation, AMF policy, the Macron law, the energy transition law, ELTIF, UCITS 5, MiFID 2, and more. What new opportunities await asset managers? What European regulations are nearly complete and in need of attention? We take a look at the season's noteworthy regulatory topics with Xavier… … contracts into compliance, if need be. … December 2016: PRIIPS … The aim of the regulation on key information … for Packaged Retail Investment And Insurance Products (PRIIPS) is to standardise the information provided to … ELTIF Regulation UCITS 5 Directive MiFID 2 Directive PRIIPS regulation The regulatory agenda for autumn 2015 … |