T+1 With the United States poised to shorten its securities settlement period from two days to just one at the end of May 2024, and with several countries, including the United Kingdom, contemplating a similar move, the European Commission is mulling the same...
With a view to European elections in June and the priorities for the next European Commission mandate, AMAFI has published a set of recommendations aimed at encouraging deep, liquid, and competitive capital markets that can contribute to business financing and off...
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has adopted a position on the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS). Among the topics of particular interest to AMAFI, several stand out: Inducements ban: AMAFI is pleased that the Parliam...
Retrouvez dans la deuxième édition de cette publication de l’AMAFI un panorama des grands enjeux de l’année pour les acteurs de marché. Les priorités pour les marchés européens de capitaux, MiFIR, EMI...
Le Parlement européen et le Conseil viennent de trouver un terrain d’entente sur le rapatriement dans l'Union européenne de la compensation des dérivés. A lire dans Finascope : Interview de Stéphane Gi...
In mid-December, AMAFI hosted a meeting of the European Forum of Securities Associations (EFSA). The gathering was an opportunity to talk about issues of shared interest, including Level 2 implementation of the revised MiFIR, Europe's Retail Investment Strateg...
Last summer, ESMA published a report on feedback to the 2022 call for evidence on pre-hedging practices, i.e. hedging transactions conducted in an anticipatory manner ahead of potential transactions by a client or counterparty. Following the release of the report,...
Last year, as part of its European Data Strategy and more specifically the Digital Finance Strategy, the European Commission published proposals aimed at allowing customers to share their data on “investments in financial instruments” held by financial...
In the wake of the US industry’s decision to shorten its settlement cycle to one day after the date of the trade (T+1) in April 2024, the UK and EU launched studies to determine whether to follow suit and reduce their own cycles from the current two days to...
L’AMAFI a participé à la création d’un kit pédagogique à destination des enseignants et des prescripteurs d’orientation de l’éducation nationale. Il a pour but de leur permettre de comprendre l&rsqu...
