Tag: France regulation

January 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

France's AMF introduces new market surveillance system ICY

French financial regulator The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has announced that is launching an effort to modernize its monitoring system, enhancing its ability to detect, analyse and investigate suspicious activity. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, European lawmakers enacted financial market regulatory reforms. Following the adoption of EMIR for over-the-counter derivative trading,…

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January 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Investment banking and M&A advisory regulation to be introduced by France watchdog AMF

France's financial regulator the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has launched a formal open consultation on its plan to regulate Corporate Finance Advisory services providers. The AMF announced that it is reviewing the opportunity of intervening in the regulation of entities that advise businesses on company mergers and acquisitions (or M&A), business transfers, external growth…

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