All financial regulatory updates published in April 2022.
Appointment AMF activity Other professionals Executive & other private individuals Market Infrastructures Post-trade Infrastructures Professional investors Journalists Investment services providers Investment management...
Marketing Investing wisely Retail investors Journalists The ACPR and AMF are urging professionals to improve their practices in online marketing of savings products and financial instruments
Mediation Annual report Retail investors Journalists The AMF Ombudsman publishes her 2021 Annual Report
Market infrastructures Post-trading infrastructures Review of the central clearing framework in the EU: the AMF publishes a position paper
Sanctions & settlements Journalists The AMF Enforcement Committee fines a financial investment advisor and its manager for breaches of their professional obligations
The AMF Enforcement Committee imposed significant sanctions on DCT (formerly Didier Maurin Finance) and its manager Didier Maurin for recommending unauthorized alternative investment funds to clients and obstructing regulatory investigations. This case exemplifies critical compliance failures in product authorization verification and client suitability assessment, with enforcement upheld by France's highest administrative court in September 2024.
Supervision Fixed income Journalists Investment services providers The AMF publishes a summary of its SPOT inspections on post-trade transparency in the bond market
Asset management The AMF updates its policy on portfolio asset management company control systems and programmes of operations
Appointment Journalists Investment management companies The AMF announces the appointment of Jessica Reyes as Director of the Asset Management Regulation Division
Anti-money Laundering Asset management The AMF and TRACFIN sign a new cooperation protocol