18 January 2024 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its action plan and supervisory priorities for 2024 Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chairwoman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), outlined the AMF’s priorities for the coming twelve months to the press, in line with the “Impact 2027” strategic guidelines defined in 2023. All these priorities reflect the AMF’s commitment to strive each day to protect investors and enhance the attractiveness of…… In addition, as the revised ELTIF regulation on long-term investment funds came into force on 10 January, the AMF is … … Concerning asset management companies: … Monitoring investment restrictions and related claims and compensations; … control of outsourced activities. … Concerning investment services providers and the marketing of financial … |
10 January 2024 | Warning | The AMF and the ACPR warn the public against the activities of several entities offering in France investments in Forex and in crypto-assets derivatives without being authorized to do so With the objective of protecting investors, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) regularly update their black lists of websites identified as offering investments in the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market and in derivative products whose underlying assets include crypto…… that the intermediary offering you financial products or services is authorized to operate in France, you may consult the register of authorized investment service providers ( https://www.regafi.fr ), the list of authorized intermediaries in the financial investment advisor (FIA) category ( … |
01 January 2024 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2012-07 … Complaint handling … Other professionals Investment services providers Investment management companies Savings protection Policy The … |
01 January 2024 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2006-23 … Questions and answers on the rules that apply to financial investment advisers … Other professionals Investment services Policy These questions and answers aim to clarify … |
01 January 2024 | Policy | Instruction DOC-2019-24 … the cybersecurity requirements to be met by providers of services over digital assets in order to ensure the … the underwriting of digital assets; 5e) the guaranteed investment of digital assets; 5f) the non-guaranted investment of digital assets. 1.2. ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS … |
22 December 2023 | Ombudsman’s Blog | Failure to reply to a Know Your Customer questionnaire: different consequences depending on whether the questionnaire is intended to assess the client or to combat money laundering The Know Your Customer questionnaires submitted by financial institutions pursue specific objectives in the business relationship between them and investors: to provide a service tailored to their clients and to comply with their anti-money laundering obligations.I had the opportunity to go over these objectives and the different consequences of…… the file, I noted that the conduct of business rules for investment service providers therefore did not, as Mr L had … to institution B during a telephone conversation with the investment services compliance officer (RCSI), who acknowledged that the … |
20 December 2023 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2020-03 Position-Recommendation DOC-2020-03 sets out the information on the consideration of non-financial criteria that French collective investment undertakings and foreign UCITS authorised for marketing in France may disclose. These provisions are described for the various regulatory documents (key investor information documents, prospectus) and…… Information to be provided by collective investment schemes incorporating non-financial approaches … … Recommendation Information to be provided by collective investment schemes incorporating non-financial approaches … of information regarding sustainability in the financial services sector) and the prospectus refers to the information … |
19 December 2023 | News | Requirements for investment committees and the affiliation of fund managers of asset management companies: the AMF updates its policy Amidst the aftermath of Brexit and the ongoing health crisis, asset management companies with international operations must update their organizational frameworks. Specifically, they need to address the criteria governing the location of fund managers within investment committees, along with the protocols for affiliating specific financial…… Requirements for investment committees and the affiliation of fund managers of … asset management companies: the AMF updates its policy … Investment committees: some fund managers can be based … stipulating that the natural persons concerned and the services they provide are under the control and authority of … |
14 December 2023 | Policy | Recommendation DOC-2012-02 … with whom he has close family ties, offers "professional services" to the company, one of the companies that is … significant specific remuneration of €100,000 or more for services provided to the group's companies, controlling … to this assessment, in particular when the director is an investment banker. Despite the improvements made when the … |
14 December 2023 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2012-19 … companies and self-managed collective investments … Investment management companies Organisational rules Policy … regulations that transpose MiFID II and legally separate investment firms from asset management companies. The update … 16 1.6. Other activities and services … |
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