Prudential treatment of investment firms
In late September, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) adopted a report on the prudential treatment […]
European Action Committee
Less than seven months before the UK leaves the EU, marking a change that will redraw Europe’s financial landscape, it […]
Secondary market in cyber-assets
In recent months, the AMAFI has been actively participating in discussions on issues surrounding cyber-assets. In addition to engaging with […]
MiFIDVision – AMAFI study
As part of work led by the MiFIDVision platform (cf. Financial Newsletter No. 34), AMAFI carried out a study on […]
PRIIPs : AMAFI and DDV alert the European Commission
PRIIPs has been in application for a number of months now, and it has become apparent that the method used […]
ICSA – FSB meeting, Basel, 2 May 2018
The International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA), which has been chaired by Pierre de Lauzun since May 2017, met with […]
Conflicts of interest and IPOs
In mid-February, IOSCO published proposed measures on conflicts of interest identified in equity initial public offerings (equity IPOs) and secondary […]
IOSCO Annual Conference, Budapest, 8-10 May 2018
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) held its 2018 annual conference in Budapest at the start of May. Alongside […]
The marketing of CFDs and binary options
In mid-February the International Organization of Securities Commissions, IOSCO, launched a consultation report proposing policy measures to protect investors of […]
Public listing for SMEs
In late 2017 the European Commission launched a consultation on the creation of a proportionate regulatory environment to support SME […]
Initial coin offerings (ICOs)
AMAFI teamed up with LabEx ReFi, a financial regulation research centre, to prepare feedback to the public consultation on initial […]
Prudential framework for investment firms
In mid-December, the European Commission published a legislative proposal on the prudential requirements and supervision of investment firms in the […]