The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

What The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) does

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is France's independent public administrative authority for financial market regulation, established in 2004 through the merger of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse (COB) and the Conseil des Marchés Financiers (CMF). It is headquartered at 17, place de la Bourse, Paris, and operates with 251-500 employees under the leadership of Chairman Robert Ophèle. The AMF's mandate is to protect savings invested in financial products, ensure the quality of information disseminated to investors, and safeguard the proper functioning of French financial markets. It serves two principal populations: retail investors (savers seeking protection, education, and dispute resolution) and financial professionals (asset managers, investment service providers, listed companies, fintechs, and investment advisors subject to authorization, reporting, and supervision).

The AMF's core technology infrastructure consists of regulatory databases and secure professional extranets. BDIF (Base des décisions et informations financières) and GECO (Base des produits d'épargne et sociétés de gestion) are public-facing databases providing decisions, financial information on listed companies, and details on savings products and asset management companies. ONDE and ROSA are secure extranets through which listed companies and investment services providers submit regulated disclosures and transaction reports (including MiFIR reporting). The AMF also operates open data visualization tools for short selling positions and market surveillance data. Investor-facing services include Epargne Info Service (information hotline), Le Médiateur (mediation service for investor disputes), educational guides and publications, interactive simulators, and the D-CODE Finance podcast.

As a public regulatory authority, the AMF does not generate commercial revenue and is not a profit-maximizing entity. It is funded through public budgets and fees collected from supervised entities, including 700 authorized asset management companies, brokers, fintech firms, and listed companies. Its go-to-market is non-commercial: services are delivered digitally via portals and public databases, and in-person via mediation. The AMF exercises enforcement through an independently constituted Sanctions Commission with statutory power to impose financial penalties, and participates in European coordination via ESMA, IOSCO, and the newly created AMLA. Its strategic priorities for 2023-2027 reflect an expanding remit into crypto-assets (MiCA implementation), non-bank financial intermediation (system-wide stress testing), and fintech oversight.

Name

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Legal name

Autorité des marchés financiers

Website

https://amf-france.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is France's independent public financial markets regulator, established in 2004, that supervises asset managers, investment service providers, listed companies, fintechs, and retail investor protection across the French financial markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Market Regulation

NAICS

Finance and Insurance (52)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services Regulators (Banking, Securities, Insurance) (BPAIAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

AML/Financial Crime for Securities (KYC, Sanctions, PEP) (FSACAJAE), AML/CTF & Sanctions Screening for Markets (Broker/Exchange Monitoring) (FSAFAKAE), Financial Crime, AML/CFT & Sanctions Compliance (BPAHAFAE), AML/CTF Transaction Monitoring & Case Management (FSAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Financial market regulation
• Investor protection services
• Securities supervision
• Regulatory compliance oversight
• Market integrity enforcement

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The AMF is France's independent public administrative authority that regulates the French financial markets. It safeguards investments in financial products, supervises asset management companies, investment service providers, listed companies and fintechs, and delivers public regulatory databases (BDIF, GECO), professional reporting extranets (ONDE, ROSA), and investor-facing information and mediation services (Epargne Info Service, Le Médiateur).

Product overview

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is France's independent public financial markets regulator, not a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of regulatory databases (BDIF and GECO), secure professional extranets (ONDE and ROSA) for regulated entity reporting, investor information services (Epargne Info Service), a mediation service (Le Médiateur), and educational resources including guides, publications, and interactive simulators. These are public regulatory and informational services rather than commercial products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BDIF - Base des décisions et informations financières

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 2.5 million French investors conducted stock market transactions in 2025, a record since 2020
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026ESMA coordinates with national competent authorities including the AMF on implementation of EU financial regulations including MiCA, supervision of crypto-asset service providers, and enforcement of investor protection standards. The AMF published ESMA's statement on unauthorized CASPs wind-down requirements following the end of MiCA's transitional period.
• ACPR (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026The ACPR and AMF operate the 'Pôle commun' (Joint Common Body) for insurance, banking and savings, fulfilling a joint mission of client protection in banking, insurance, and financial services sectors. The partnership publishes joint annual reports, conducts coordinated supervision of structured products distribution, and issues shared guidance on investor protection.
• Banque de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026The AMF collaborates with the Banque de France on system-wide stress tests assessing how severe market shocks spread across the French financial system. The exercise, launched in August 2025, involves over 20 French financial institutions and examines contagion dynamics between banking and non-bank financial intermediary sectors. A joint methodological report was published in June 2026 with a final report expected in autumn 2026.
• Banque de France (regional branches)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2026The AMF conducts CORE (Campaigne d'Observation des Risques et d'Enseignements) controls on investment advisors (CIF) in partnership with Banque de France regional directions. These coordinated mass supervision campaigns examine CIF practices and facilitate professional association follow-up.
• AMLA (Autorité européenne de lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent et le financement du terrorismo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024The European Anti-Money Laundering Authority, created in June 2024, coordinates with the AMF on supervision of the financial sector for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance. The AMF published its synthesis of LCB-FT controls in this context of reinforced European AML supervision.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): The SEC is the U.S. federal securities regulator with statutory authority over securities markets, investment advisers, and public companies — directly comparable to AMF's mandate for French financial markets.
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA): The FCA is the UK's conduct regulator for financial services with comparable supervisory, authorization, and enforcement powers over securities firms, asset managers, and retail investor protection.
• Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin): BaFin is Germany's integrated financial regulator supervising banks, insurers, and securities/securities markets — comparable in scope and integrated cross-sector mandate to AMF.
• European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA): ESMA is the EU's pan-European securities regulator that coordinates national authorities including AMF and sets EU-wide standards for markets, intermediaries, and crypto-asset supervision under MiCA.
• Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB): CONSOB is Italy's securities markets regulator with comparable authority over investment firms, asset managers, listed companies, and investor protection — and equivalent EU member-state mandate.
• Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV): Spain's CNMV supervises securities markets, investment services, and collective investment schemes with a mandate, tools, and EU-coordination profile directly comparable to AMF.
• Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM): The Dutch AFM is the Netherlands' financial markets conduct supervisor with comparable powers over asset management, investment services, and conduct of business — a close peer in scale and approach.
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): FINRA is the U.S. self-regulatory organization overseeing broker-dealers and market intermediaries. Comparable to AMF's supervision of investment services providers (PSI) and reporting under MiFIR-like regimes.
• Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA): FINMA is Switzerland's integrated financial market supervisor covering banks, insurers, securities firms, and collective investment schemes — analogous in cross-sector integration to AMF's mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR): ACPR is France's prudential supervisor (banking and insurance), operating a 'Pôle commun' with AMF for joint supervision. Although not a securities regulator, it is AMF's closest sister authority and operational peer on French financial stability, stress testing, and investor protection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amf_actu
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDa4J-pPEeD5oYemPGJiPRw
• Facebookfacebook.com/AmfEpargneInfoService
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/autorit-des-march-s-financiers-amf-france/?originalSubdomain=fr
• Instagraminstagram.com/amf_actu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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