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31/01/2024

EFSA – Paris meeting, 14-15 December

In mid-December, AMAFI hosted a meeting of the European Forum of Securities Associations (EFSA). The gathering was an opportunity to talk about issues of shared interest, including Level 2 implementation of the revised MiFIR, Europe's Retail Investment Strateg...

29/01/2024

Éducation financière - Réalisation d’un kit pédagogique

L’AMAFI a participé à la création d’un kit pédagogique à destination des enseignants et des prescripteurs d’orientation de l’éducation nationale. Il a pour but de leur permettre de comprendre l&rsqu...

16/01/2024

A new impetus for capital markets to meet the financing needs of the union

The Union has aimed to develop more integrated and deeper EU capital markets since the launch of the CMU in 2015. AMAFI has supported this initiative from the outset, stressing its importance for the financing of the EU economy. Although some progress has been mad...

13/12/2023
01/12/2023

Investor Protection - Retail Investment Strategy

MiFID II and PRIIPs: AMAFI at the European Parliament As part of ongoing negotiations on the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) at the European Parliament's ECON Committee, AMAFI Chairman Stéphane Giordano and several members of the European Action Com...

01/12/2023

Settlement

T+1 The United States and Canada have decided to shorten the securities settlement cycle to one day (T+1). Starting in April 2024, trades will be settled one day after trading instead of the two-day period that is currently the standard internationally, except...

01/12/2023

Clearing

A new model for Euronext markets After acquiring the Italian stock exchange in 2021, Euronext decided to switch its cash and derivatives clearing to the Italian clearing house, previously part of Borsa Italiana. The change has been effective for cash markets si...

01/12/2023

Derivatives

MiFIR - Exemption from the trading obligation As part of the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR), due to come into force at the end of first-quarter 2024, the European Commission would be entitled to grant a trading obligation exem...

01/12/2023

Investor Protection - Retail Investment Strategy

MiFID II and PRIIPs: AMAFI at the European Parliament As part of ongoing negotiations on the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) at the European Parliament's ECON Committee, AMAFI Chairman Stéphane Giordano and several members of the European Action Com...

24/10/2023

Union des marchés de capitaux et compétitivité : où en est la finance européenne ?

Entretien de Stéphane Giordano pour Confrontations Europe