11 May 2026 | Article | Obtaining a DASP registration/optional licensing Do you want to know in which cases registration with the AMF as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) is mandatory? To obtain an optional licensing? You will find all the information on the subject here, together with the list of registered DASPs and the list of DASPs licensed by the AMF. … notably comply with the following conditions: either have professional indemnity insurance or a minimum amount of own … notably comply with the following conditions: either have professional indemnity insurance or a minimum amount of own … notably comply with the following conditions: either have professional indemnity insurance or a minimum amount of own … |
16 April 2026 | Article | Financial Skills Certification Board The Financial Skills Certification Board is responsible for providing opinions on the AMF's professional certification system and its updates. It has been chaired by Olympe Dexant-de Bailliencourt, a member of the AMF Board, since February 2024. … Financial Skills Certification Board … The Financial Skills Certification Board was created in 2009 and issues opinions … at the request of the AMF on the system for verifying professional skills. Its opinions enable the AMF to: define … They include at least four members appointed for their professional expertise, after consulting with the main … |
31 March 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections of the compliance and internal control functions within asset management companies The scope of this SPOT campaign encompassed the compliance and internal control functions in place within five asset management companies ("AMCs"). The campaign was part of an ESMA common supervisory action (CSA) for the 2025 financial year. It follows on from the SPOT campaign conducted in 2020 on the outsourcing of internal control. An… … venture capital company Real estate management Clients Professional and retail Professional and retail Mostly professional Mostly … service (level of graduate/post-graduate education, AMF certification, professional experience). 21 4.3 … |
26 March 2026 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2012-19 - … threshold3 and whose unitholders and shareholders are all professional investors under 1 Articles L. 214-24 I of the … 2 - European UCITS and AIFs available to non-professional clients 3 - European AIFs for professional clients and foreign country AIFs 4 - Financial … |
26 March 2026 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2008-03 - … of the Monetary and Financial Code, that have only professional unitholders or shareholders and that do not wish … evidence shall include final Articles of association, certification of the deposit or transfer of funds making up … or unlisted securities, venture capital funds (FCPRs), professional private equity funds, local investment funds … |
26 February 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections on the consideration of sustainability preferences in the client journey This new SPOT summary analyses how sustainability preferences are taken into account by investment services providers. It is fully in line with the AMF's "Impact 2027" strategic orientations, which aim to promote sustainable finance and ensure investor protection. It is also fully in line with the supervisory measures defined at European level by… … France was one of the first countries to introduce professional certification in sustainable finance. This is not compulsory, … one of the institutions on the panel had followed this certification course on an exploratory and voluntary basis. … |
02 February 2026 | Report / study | Study on the use of artificial intelligence by French financial market participants The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) conducted a study among a panel of French financial market participants to collect detailed information on the uses, benefits, risks, and outlook associated with these technologies. The study is based on questionnaires addressed, on the one hand, to financial entities supervised by the AMF and, on the… … steadily for several years and is profoundly transforming professional practices. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers … must remain a support tool and not replace the auditor's professional judgement. However, two firms are considering … reporting, 7 March 2025 13 SecNumCloud is a French certification issued by ANSSI to certain cloud service … |
20 January 2026 | Report / study | 2025 report on corporate governance and executive compensation in listed companies This year's AMF report begins by presenting the main developments for 2025, followed by a thematic study on the information published by listed companies regarding the succession processes of senior executive officers. It then addresses other findings on the information published by listed companies concerning governance and remuneration, and… … of business life, as she would bring so much gentleness to professional relations. This latest edition benefitted from … No. 2023- 1142 of 6 December 2023 on the publication and certification of information on sustainability, and on the … of women and men on boards and supervisory boards and on professional equality (the Copé-Zimmermann Law), i.e. all … |
20 January 2026 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes the findings of its inspections on the role and involvement of the compliance function at investment services providers This campaign, which is in line with the AMF's supervisory priorities, is the first part of a series of inspections devoted to the compliance function and to assessing compliance with the rules applicable to certain cross-cutting areas, such as training, remuneration, personal transactions and disciplinary measures at investment services providers. … for monitoring regulatory breaches by employees of their professional obligations identified by means of controls … function employees the opportunity to take the AMF Certification; not providing for sanctions, particularly of a … for monitoring regulatory breaches by employees of their professional obligations identified by means of controls … |
20 January 2026 | Spot Inspections | Summary of SPOT inspections on the involvement of the compliance function in certain cross-functional processes This SPOT inspection campaign, launched in 2024, constitutes the first instalment devoted to the compliance function and its role in certain cross-functional processes. Focused on investment services providers (hereinafter "ISPs") carrying out corporate and investment banking (hereinafter "FIB") activities, this exercise will continue in 2025 with… … and a sufficient level of knowledge (hereinafter, the “AMF Certification”), all the institutions on the panel had opted … dedicated to monitoring authorisations, examinations and professional licences, and had therefore devoted specific … aspects linked to the remuneration of 13 employees holding professional licences, or in connection with the provision of … |
