"I don't see any strong logic in locating an anti-money laundering authority near the ECB."
Chairman of the Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC), Robert Ophèle was Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and then Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).
[Finascope interview] Robert Ophèle, who is in charge of the Paris bid for the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), sees no objective reason for the choice of Frankfurt as headquarters, as decided on Thursday. The former chairman of the AMF praises Germany's strength of conviction, and welcomes the progress it has made in the European Markets Union...