The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) published a study setting out a consultative working group’s recommended good practices to make structured products distributed to retail investors in France more readable and easier to understand. The work reflects discussions by a group comprising members of the AMF’s consultative commissions for Savers, Asset Management and Institutional Investors, and Market Organisation and Functioning. The AMF emphasised that the study is not AMF doctrine and does not amend its existing guide on preparing promotional communications relating to structured debt securities, but is intended to present the working group’s conclusions.
France Autorite des marches financiers 2026-01-29
French Financial Markets Authority publishes working group good practices to improve readability of structured products sold to retail investors
The French Financial Markets Authority published a study recommending good practices to enhance the readability and comprehension of structured products for retail investors in France, based on discussions by its consultative commissions. The study is not AMF doctrine and does not amend existing guidelines on promotional communications for structured debt securities.