AMF Financial Regulation Newsletter

06 February 2008

The AMF released its Financial Regulation Newsletter which includes an interview with French Minister of State for European Affairs, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, discussing the main priorities in terms of financial market regulation for the French Presidency starting mid 2008.

 

“France’s main priority will be to strengthen financial supervision and harmonisation in Europe”, Jouyet said. “We would also like supervision of multinational financial groups to be better integrated”, he added.

 

As other priority issue Jouyet outlined to make substantial progress on the Solvency II project as well as on a genuine European market for Asset Management.

 

The French Presidency will also tackle the issue of sovereign investment funds, the recent financial tourmoil.

 

Financial Regulation Newsletter

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