Anti-money laundering – ACPR guidelines
In late December, the ACPR published the final version of its revised guidelines on customer identification, ID verification and KYC […]
ICSA Interim Meeting, 1 December 2021
On 1 December, the International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA), to which AMAFI belongs, met with Martin Moloney, Secretary General […]
IOSCO Annual Meeting and ICSA meetings, 8-16 November 2021
The 2021 annual meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and […]
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 […]
Commodities – Position limits
ESMA held a consultation earlier this year on technical standards for position limits in commodity derivatives markets. AMAFI said in […]
Joint Statement on Consolidated Tape and Market Data Costs
The Appropriate Construction of and Conditions for the usage of a Consolidated Tape
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 […]
CMU – European Supervisory Authorities
As part of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) reboot, the European Commission launched a consultation on supervisory convergence and the […]
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 […]
Anti-money laundering
Annex to ACPR guidelines The ACPR has finalised and published the Annex on market transactions to its guidelines on KYC […]
Prudential regime for investment firms
Entry into application As our feature article shows (p 2), implementing Europe’s new regime for investment firms, which comprises the […]
ICSA interim meeting, 10 February 2021
The International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA) met in mid-February with Paul Andrews, Secretary General of the International Organization of […]