All financial regulatory updates published in January 2022.
Asset management Update of the AMF's policy on funds that use Total Return Swaps and communicate about their consideration of non-financial criteria
Recent increase in cross-border financial assets is largely due to migration of assets from UK banks to subsidiaries in Ireland, to continue to serve EU clients after Brexit. Paper examining the strength of the connectedness of Irish insurance sector and investment funds finds insurers primarily hold shares in equity, bond, and mixed funds. The Irish non-bank financial intermediation sector – as measured using a Financial Stability Board framework - is the fifth largest in the world. The Cent...
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published three "Behind the Data" papers on 20 January 2022 analyzing the international activities of Ireland's banking, insurance, investment funds, and non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) sectors, highlighting post-Brexit asset migrations, insurer exposures via funds, and Ireland's fifth-largest global NBFI sector per FSB metrics. This matters for compliance professionals as it signals heightened CBI scrutiny on cross-border exposures, interconnectedness, and data granularity needs, potentially informing future supervisory expectations, macro-prudential policies, and reporting enhancements without imposing immediate rules.
Long term investment Retail investors Journalists More than one million new retail investors have entered equity markets in France over the last 3 years, according to the AMF's dashboard
Asset management The AMF informs about the liquidation of the portfolio asset management company « Nestadio Capital »
Long term investment Shares Stimulating the diversification of long-term savings: the AMF proposes an educational approach to equity investment
Sanctions & settlements Journalists The AMF Enforcement Committee fines an issuer's Chief Financial Officer for insider dealing
The AMF Enforcement Committee fined an issuer's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for insider dealing, highlighting the regulator's aggressive enforcement against market abuse by senior executives. This case underscores the personal liability of insiders who trade on privileged information, reinforcing the need for robust internal controls in listed companies. Compliance teams must prioritize insider trading prevention to mitigate similar sanctions risks.
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