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01/12/2021

Sustainable finance

Climate indices Before the summer, the AMF consulted AMAFI on how Climate Transition Benchmark and Paris Alignment Benchmark (CTB / PAB) indices should be treated with regard to the complexity restrictions set out in AMF Position No. 2010-05, where the indices...

04/10/2021

MiFID II - Review

European engagement Ahead of the MiFIR review, AMAFI Chairman Stéphane Giordano, along with several members of the European Action Committee, presented AMAFI’s priorities (AMAFI / 21-31) to a number of key European figures, including Tilman Lueder...

04/10/2021

Commodities – Position limits

ESMA held a consultation earlier this year on technical standards for position limits in commodity derivatives markets. AMAFI said in its feedback that, overall, ESMA’s proposals were appropriate for the stated goals of the MiFID II Quick Fix package, namely...

04/10/2021

Liquidity contracts – Accepted market practice

As planned, following a two-year observation period, the French securities regulator, AMF, conducted an overall review of the accepted market practice (AMP) for liquidity contracts created by AMF Decision 2018-01. Accordingly, on 31 March 2021, it submitted a new...

24/06/2021
14/06/2021

Joint Statement on Consolidated Tape and Market Data Costs

The Appropriate Construction of and Conditions for the usage of a Consolidated Tape

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04/06/2021

ESMA issues a negative opinion on the AMF’s AMP on Liquidity Contracts

Writing in a press release, AMAFI expressed disappointment at the negative opinion recently published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on amendments notified by the French securities regulator (AMF) to the Accepted Market Practice (AMP) on l...

04/06/2021

SPACs - Europlace working group on the attractiveness of the Paris financial centre

AMAFI is part of the Paris Europlace working group on the attractiveness of the Paris financial centre, whose aim is to talk about the main regulatory, legal and tax obstacles that interfere with the centre’s appeal. Special purpose acquisition companies (SP...

04/06/2021

CMU – European Supervisory Authorities

As part of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) reboot, the European Commission launched a consultation on supervisory convergence and the single rulebook with a view to learning the initial lessons from the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) conduct...

03/06/2021

MIF 2 - Protection des investisseurs

Retrouvez les propositions de l’AMAFI pour la révision de MIF 2 sur les aspects Protection des investisseurs dans la note AMAFI / 21-35  

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