Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chairwoman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), outlined the regulator’s key priorities for the next twelve months. These priorities align with the AMF’s strategic framework, “IMPACT 2027,” and reflect its objectives for 2025. Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani said: “As we step into 2025, the… Read More
ETFs win over “newcomers” as they invest into the stock market, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) noted while adding that the the rise in ETFs which aim to track the performance of an index, in its Active Retail Investor Dashboards. Its analysis of this… Read More
The AMF in France and the AMMC in (Morocco) are reportedly said to be strengthening their ongoing cooperation. On 29 October 2024, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) signed a cooperation and “mutual assistance agreement’ in the field… Read More
AMF and Banque de France call for a well-anticipated move to T+1 Settlement Cycle. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Banque de France specifically call for a well-coordinated and efficient transition “to a T+1 settlement cycle for transactions on securities across the EU.”… Read More
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has released a summary of its SPOT inspections of financial management delegation arrangements at asset management companies. During short, thematic inspections, the AMF looked “at the delegation arrangements of five asset management companies.” Delegation of financial management is “a… Read More
Spiko, co-founded in 2023 by Paul-Adrien Hyppolite and Antoine Michon, has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding. Spiko is a tokenization platform that claims to be the first provider in the world to offer fully tokenized Money Market Funds (MMFs). The digital assets leverage both… Read More
While London remains the top European financial center, Brexit has put pressure on this status. This has created opportunities for other European financial centers, but the question remains: do they have the capacity and ability to act and gain traction? Today, the Autorité des Marchés… Read More
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published the 7th edition of its Savings and Investment Barometer on investment trends. After the sharp fall seen in 2022, more retail investors are “planning to invest in equities in 2023.” This renewed interest is being driven in… Read More
The AMF and the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office urge retail investors “to be extremely vigilant regarding Immediate Connect’s fraudulent investment offer in crypto-assets.” Following an initial public warning issued by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) last June, the regulator continues “to receive numerous enquiries… Read More
The ACPR and AMF encourage financial institutions to continue their efforts to take account of the vulnerability of ageing clients The joint unit of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published a summary of… Read More
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has released an informative update for professionals on the terms they should use in order “to make it easier for their customers to understand and compare fees.” The AMF has launched a new section on fees on its official… Read More
The AMF is warning the public against several companies “proposing atypical investments without being authorized to do so.” France‘s Autorité des Marchés Financiers explains that it regularly “updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being… Read More
Qualification to Impact Crowdfunding, Digital Assets. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité (ARPP) have partnered on the “Responsible Influence Certificate” designed to create a seal of approval for social media influencers. The AMF says the partnership… Read More
Societe Generale – FORGE (SG-FORGE), a subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group dedicated to crypto assets activities, announces that it has obtained its regulatory license approval as Digital Asset Service Provider (‘DASP’, or ‘Prestataire de Service sur Actifs Numériques’ (PSAN)) with the French Financial Markets… Read More
The Autorite des marches financiers (AMF) in France has published a 2023 Markets and Risk Outlook report. While covering a broad spectrum of issues, the item which garners the highest level of concern is the lack of investor protection and poor information about certain investments…. Read More
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the main securities regulator in France, says it wants to become a regulator that supports financial innovation. As part of its strategic ambitions for the coming years, the AMF, as presented by its current Chair Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, has issued… Read More
As part of the new European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation (ECSPR), which legalizes pan-EU securities crowdfunding, platforms must be approved by the relevant authority in a member state. France, the second largest economy in the EU, has incorporated rules for the approval process and today… Read More
The French Autorité des Marché Financier (AMF) has launched a “mystery shopper” campaign to gain first-hand experience as to how banks are treating their customers. What the regulator uncovered clearly fell short of what old banks should be doing. The AMF notes that it has… Read More
The French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is cautioning the public on trading bots in the Forex sector. The AMF states these are not authorized platforms and they frequently target French overseas departments and territories. The AMF states that it has recently seen an uptick… Read More
The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has posted a comment on its website commenting on investment crowdfunding. The AMF notes to change to online capital formation under EU harmonized rules or European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR). The AMF explains: Crowdfunding: a regime undergoing… Read More
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