Purpose
The AFG is actively committed to raising awareness among its members about digital transformation, with a focus on technological innovations and change management. Technological innovation is a strategic priority, embedded in its actions, organization, and communications. For the management and the strategic committee of the AFG, this priority is based on several key areas:
- Strengthen the competitiveness of the asset management industry.
- Improve management services and offerings for the benefit of customers.
- Increase the attractiveness of the profession to young graduates.
In this context, at the beginning of 2020, the AFG Board of Directors established the Technology Innovations Committee.
Goals
1/ Regulatory evolutions
- Propose regulatory advancements through lobbying actions with national, European, and international authorities and organizations.
- Respond to regulatory consultations in partnership with the other AFG Committees, leveraging their industry expertise.
- Participate in industry discussions with professional associations from the French and European ecosystems.
2/ Operating solutions
- Promote a forum for sharing the achievements of asset management companies in their various businesses, enabling individual initiatives to be federated.
- Monitor major initiatives aimed at developing market and post-trade infrastructures, and offer relevant analyses to AFG members.
- Organize presentations of digital solutions developed by fintechs or financial players, to facilitate the dissemination of innovative solutions.
- Collaborate on industry projects, in particular with Pôle Finance Innovation and France Fintech.
