06 March 2024 | AMF news release | AMF calls on investment services providers to take account of the specific nature of temporary ownership dismemberment when marketing SCPI units Protecting investors is the AMF's top strategic priority. During a series of short, thematic inspections at four distributor institutions, the AMF found that very little attention was paid to the specific features of temporary ownership dismemberment in the provision of investment services involving units in real estate investment companies (SCPIs… … and August 2023, short, thematic audits, known as SPOT (Supervision of Operational and Thematic Practices), analysed … ownership dismemberment when marketing SCPI units … Supervision … Marketing … MIFID … |
05 March 2024 | Article | Enforcement Committee The Enforcement Committee, which is made up of judges and professionals, has total freedom to make decisions. It can impose sanctions on any person or company whose practices contravene laws and regulations that fall within the jurisdiction of the AMF. It also ratifies settlement agreements and takes part in providing information to… … by members under conditions that preclude any right of supervision during the term of office; The incompatibility of … |
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They have scientific, legal, financial and accounting backgrounds. They come from a vast range of professions and sectors: banks, asset management companies, listed companies, audit and consulting firms, law firms,… … amount of information on the French firms under its supervision. This data is both varied and very large in … |
20 February 2024 | Article | The AMF Board The Board is the AMF’s main decision-making and prosecuting authority It has 16 members drawn from a broad variety of backgrounds. This multidisciplinarity ensures that it has the technical and legal expertise needed to carry out its tasks. … by members under conditions that preclude any right of supervision during the term of office; The incompatibility of … in the International Affairs Directorate, Head of the Supervision Department in the Market Investigation and … stability and monetary policy (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Committee on the Global Financial System, Euro … |
20 February 2024 | AMF’s EU positions | Towards a review of SFDR The AMF contributed, at the end of last year, to the consultation launched by the European Commission on the Sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR). It publishes today a position paper outlining the key principles it believes should guide the SFDR review. … should be subject to national competent authorities (NCAs) supervision: a financial product claiming to belong to one … |
12 February 2024 | Article | Make my reporting, notifications and disclosure to the AMF MiFID II transaction reporting, annual RCSI questionnaire, suspicious transaction reporting, disclosure of net short positions, notifications under CSDR, MAR or EMIR. Find here the list of your reporting obligations and the procedures for submission to the AMF for each type of information. … be sent immediately, in PDF format, to the AMF's Market Supervision Directorate via the Sesterce tool which ensures … regulations, in short … As part of its mission of market supervision and in accordance with Article L621-8-4 of the … |
09 February 2024 | AMF news release | AMF publishes an educational guide on companies’ climate transition plans prepared by its Climate and Sustainable Finance Commission In the run-up to the first publication of the transition plans required under the European directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD), this guide revisits the topic of transition plans for climate change mitigation, the importance of short- and medium-term targets, the allocation of resources to the plan and its governance. … European standards, which are very ambitious. Support and supervision are the two pillars of the AMF's work on … |
06 February 2024 | AMF news release | AMF encourages investment services providers to strengthen their procedures for handling client complaints In a series of short, thematic inspections carried out at five institutions, the AMF found a number shortcomings in terms of compliance with the applicable requirements. In a summary document, it revisits the regulations, explains its expectations, and highlights the good and poor practices observed. … thematic inspections (known as SPOT, which stands for Supervision of Operational and Thematic Practices), the AMF … their procedures for handling client complaints … Supervision … Investment services … |
26 January 2024 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - New Year address to the financial centre - Thursday 18 January 2024 … conviction on a regular basis: the quality and rigour of supervision are essential assets for the competitiveness of a … the regulator, this means staying the course of demanding supervision. And the AMF will be there: Paris must continue … means using all our tools: monitoring, oversight, supervision, controls and investigations and, where … |
19 January 2024 | Annual Report | AMF Supervisory Priorities for 2024 In this document, the AMF presents the supervisory themes for the year 2023 for professionals subject to its supervision. These priorities cover the following areas: asset management, the activities of intermediaries and market infrastructures, and the marketing of financial products. … themes for the year 2023 for professionals subject to its supervision. These priorities cover the following areas: … themes for the year 2023 for professionals subject to its supervision. These priorities cover the following areas: … … AMF Supervisory Priorities for 2024 … Strategy … Supervision … Annual report … |