AMF's 2026 risk map flags geopolitics, cyber and private assets as leading concerns
The AMF published its annual markets and risk mapping on 30 June 2026. It reaffirms geopolitical and cyber risk as the dominant threats, notes markets rebounded quickly from the Middle East conflict shock, and singles out private assets, real-estate funds, and a younger, more vulnerable generation of retail investors as supervisory priorities for the year ahead.
- The AMF published its Cartographie 2026 des marchés et des risques on 30 June 2026, confirming geopolitical and cyber risk as the leading threats.
- French markets remained orderly and resilient through the volatility that followed the outbreak of conflict with Iran, with equity markets rebounding quickly.
- The regulator warns of elevated valuations, concentration of returns in a few large technology stocks, and high corporate leverage as amplifiers of any macro-financial deterioration.
- Private assets and private credit growth, alongside widening retail access, raise concerns over liquidity, valuation, leverage and interconnections, though not yet deemed a significant stability risk.
- The AMF cites DORA as the structuring framework for operational and cyber resilience amid rapid AI and frontier-model development, and flags rising scams aimed at younger investors.