28 January 2021 | AMF news release | Le Swave, France FinTech, the ACPR and the AMF join forces to organise the first FRENCH FINTECH WEEK In 2020, French FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech players demonstrated their resilience. As a follow-up to this, France FinTech, the trade association for the sector, Le Swave, the first start-up accelerator dedicated to financial services, the ACPR and the AMF have announced the creation of French FinTech Week, an event-packed week to be held from… … in data processing, and the construction of an appropriate regulatory framework. To meet the many challenges of this … around France and Europe. Besides its actions in the regulatory and legislative fields, France FinTech offers … in particular regulatory and supervisory affairs, developments, specific characteristics and risks. It … |
18 January 2021 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2019-15 … and updated or revised if necessary. It shall into account regulatory developments and emerging risks (see annual reports, Tracfin … and updated or revised if necessary. It shall into account regulatory developments and emerging risks (see annual … |
15 December 2020 | AMF news release | French and Dutch financial market authorities call for a European regulation of ESG data, ratings, and related services The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and its Dutch counterpart, the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), propose a European regulatory framework for providers of sustainability-related services, which could become one of the key measures of the European Commission's renewed sustainable finance strategy. The proposed framework is aimed at… … services remain largely unregulated. A regulatory framework would make it possible to avert certain … reassessed periodically, taking into account future market developments. … Laura van Geest … , Chair of the Dutch … confidence that we wish to propose with the AFM a European regulatory framework for ESG data and service providers. The … |
02 December 2020 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - ISDA Conference (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) - "Outlook for European regulation " - 2 December 2020 … end of the transition period, a similar, if not the same, regulatory framework is still supposed to be implemented on … solution. ESMA will of course continue to monitor developments closely, but at this stage it does not recommend … which deals with potential cases of conflicting rules. The regulatory stance has been much wiser and more prudent in the … |
18 November 2020 | News | Study of a new market model: AHEAD The AMF has published an academic research study conducted jointly by Mathieu Rosenbaum (professor and holder of the "Analytics and Models for Regulation" Chair at Ecole Polytechnique), Thibaut Mastrolia (Ecole Polytechnique), Joffrey Derchu (Ecole Polytechnique) and Philippe Guillot (AMF Markets Directorate) on an innovative model for order… … digitalisation began almost forty years ago, technological developments have made markets increasingly complex. Speed of … periodic auctions, while being compatible with the current regulatory framework. AHEAD’s functioning can be summed up by … |
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28 October 2020 | Policy | Recommendation DOC-2020-09 … type of client, production processes, distribution method, regulatory environment if applicable, and especially similar … contained in the management report). More specific developments in some of these areas are presented below. … of financial instruments given the market volatility or regulatory work on the new prudential definition of default). … |
28 July 2020 | AMF’s EU positions | Overview of the main provisions of the draft RTS currently undergoing consultation related to the Disclosure Regulation The AMF provides a number of key insights on the consultation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) on the draft RTS related to the Disclosure Regulation. The consultation is open until September 1st. The draft RTS sets out a number of transparency requirements imposed on market participants, at entity level as well as on the products… … services … Financial disclosures & corporate financing … Regulatory developments … |
28 July 2020 | News | Disclosure Regulation: The AMF provides a number of key insights on the ongoing consultation of the European Supervisory Authorities The Disclosure Regulation, published in November 2019, creates new sustainability-related transparency obligations for market participants. The European supervisory authorities launched a consultation on 25 April, until 1 September, on a draft technical regulatory standard to specify these obligations. The AMF explains the key issues at stake in… … of submitting to the European Commission six technical regulatory standards - since merged into one - detailing … a "sustainable investment objective". This draft technical regulatory standard is of particular importance as it is the … Supervisory Authorities … Sustainable Finance … Regulatory developments … |
24 July 2020 | AMF’s EU positions | AMF’s response to the European Commission’s consultation for a Renewed sustainable finance strategy The AMF publishes its response to the European Commission's consultation on a Renewed strategy for sustainable finance, which closed on 17 July 2020. … sustainable finance strategy … Sustainable Finance … Regulatory developments … Europe & international … |