07 February 2022 | News | Settlement fails reporting: the AMF complies with ESMA guidelines The AMF applies ESMA guidelines on settlement fails reporting under article 7 of Regulation on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories (CSDR). … the AMF complies with ESMA guidelines … News … Market Infrastructures … Post-trade Infrastructures … Settlement fails reporting: the … with ESMA guidelines … Market infrastructures … Post-trading infrastructures … |
29 July 2021 | News | The AMF and the ACPR sign two cooperation agreements with the SEC regarding the regime applicable to Security Based Swap Dealers (SBSD) in the U.S On 23 July 2021, the French financial markets authority (AMF) and the French prudential control and resolution authority (ACPR) signed two cooperation agreements with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to allow French entities to register as Security Based Swap Dealers (SBSD) with the SEC and to benefit from a substituted compliance… … structured products … Europe & international … Markets … Post-trading infrastructures … |
29 July 2021 | Bilateral MoU | SEC-2021- MoU to allow French Security Based Swap Dealers (SBSD) to benefit from a substituted compliance regime Memorandum of understanding between the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, the Autorité des marchés financiers of France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of France, concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information related to the Supervision and oversight of certain cross-border over… … “Governmental Entity” means: a. the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal … Executive Director, Market Intermediaries and Market Infrastructures supervision Autorité des Marchés Financiers … regime … Bilateral MoU … Market Infrastructures … Post-trade Infrastructures … Investment services providers … … |
29 July 2021 | Bilateral MoU | SEC-2021- MoU regarding the regime applicable to Security Based Swap Dealers (SBSD) in the U.S Memorandum of understanding between the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, the Autorité des marchés financiers of France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of France, concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information related to the Supervision and oversight of certain cross-border over… … “Governmental Entity” means: a. the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal … Executive Director, Market Intermediaries and Market Infrastructures supervision Autorité des Marchés Financiers … Security Based Swap Dealers (SBSD) in the U.S … Markets … Post-trading infrastructures … Cooperation … |
07 January 2021 | Bilateral MoU | FCA – 2020 - Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information between each of the EEA competent authorities and the UK Financial Conduct Authority FCA - 2020 - Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information between each of the EEA competent authorities and the UK Financial Conduct Authority. … Member” means a Covered Entity having remote access to a Trading Venue operated in the jurisdiction of the other … and trading restrictions on financial instruments; and h) post-trading activities and processes, clearing and settlement entities, and Financial Market Infrastructures. 2. Cooperation will be most useful in, but … |
11 March 2020 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes an in-depth legal analysis of the application of financial regulations to security tokens Given the growing interest in the issuance of financial instruments on a blockchain, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers has examined the legal obstacles to the development of security tokens. The possible solutions that it has put forward include a European "digital lab" that would enable national authorities to waive certain regulatory… … be a long-term trend in line with the automation of the post-trade chain. The legal analysis by the AMF concerned both the issuance and trading of security tokens, as well as in the ability for … regulations to security tokens … Innovation … Post-trading infrastructures … |
06 March 2020 | News | Legal analysis on the application of financial regulations to security tokens and precisions on bulletin board In a context of growing interest in the issuance of financial instruments on a blockchain, the AMF examined the legal obstacles to the development of security tokens. Among other propositions, a European "Digital Lab" would enable national authorities to waive certain regulatory requirements relating to securities settlement and delivery in return… … of the decentralised nature of blockchain technology. The trading of security tokens could be subject to the current … and precisions on bulletin board … News … Fintech … Market Infrastructures … Post-trade Infrastructures … Professional investors … … |
20 November 2019 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - ECSDA Annual Conference - 20 November 2019 in Brussels Check against delivery … depository industry. We all know just how key the post-trade industry is for the efficiency and robustness of … a general point of view, the EU way of regulating post-trading activities is at odds with DLT since it is silo-based … surveillance of operations implemented by centralised infrastructures (such as CCPs, CSDs or TRs) and to attract … |
24 January 2019 | Policy | Position DOC-2011-10 … ordre de souscription … Investment management companies Post-trading infrastructures Policy Position DOC-2011-10 … … |
05 February 2018 | AMF news release | Robert Ophèle elected to the Management Board of ESMA The Chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), believing in the importance of a harmonised European supervision, has joined the body responsible for ensuring that ESMA is performing its legal duties. … committees, appointing Robert Ophèle Chairman of the Post-Trading Standing Committee or PTSC. This group, whose members … works on issues relating to settlement and clearing infrastructures and procedures. Benoît de Juvigny, Secretary … |