Tag: AMF warning

December 12, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF issues a public warning concerning communication from BLUE STONE LTD and companies related to it

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has warned French investors against marketing material issued by BLUE STONE LTD via several web sites proposing offers to invest in diamonds. BLUE STONE LTD, whose head office is located at 3rd Floor, 120 Baker Street, London, England, W1U 6TU, proposes offers to investors residing in France to invest…

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October 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against the activities of several websites and entities proposing Forex investments

The ACPR (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution) and the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.bloomcapitalmarkets.com / ORIGINAL MARKETS LTD www.ksftrade.com…

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February 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

France's AMF adds five Forex companies to “Black List”

France's financial markets regulator AMF has been very active in issuing warnings against unauthorized binary options and FX brokers. Today, the French watchdog updated its “Black List” of unauthorized Forex companies that target French investors, adding five more brokers to the list. The latest additions to the “Black List” are: www.activmarkets.com / ACTIVMARKETS; www.brokers500.com /…

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December 17, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

France's AMF adds five Forex brokers to “Black List”

France's financial markets authority AMF has earlier today updated its “Black List” of unauthorized Forex brokers targeting French investors. The regulator added five new names to the list: www.consorfx.com / Trading Technologies HK Ltd; www.equitycapitals.com / Equity Capitals Ltd; www.ifx4u.com / The Oklycapital Limited; www.imcbroker.com / Nordane Group Ltd; www.investocopy.com / Investocopy Ltd. Some of…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

French authorities warn against binary options marketing campaign “Plan B”

A number of French regulators, including the financial markets authority AMF, the Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), as well as ACPR, an authority attached to the Banque de France, today published a warning against a binary options marketing campaign entitled “Plan B”. The campaign is conducted mainly through social…

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