France - Pension System Overview

 

 

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France adopts a new supervisory framework for the financial sector.


A newly established Prudential Supervisory Authority (ACP), operating under the auspices of the French Central Bank, will be responsible for the licensing and supervision of the banking and insurance sectors.


On the occasion of the June 2010 Technical Committee meeting, Safia Lekehal, ACP, discussed the main objectives of supervisory reform in financial sector in France and outlined the key changes introduced to the French supervisory framework (its institutional design, supervisory functions and powers) to achieve these objectives.


On the Reform of Supervision of the Financial Institutions”, by Safia Lekehal, IOPS Technical Committee Meeting, 1 June 2010

 

 

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