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

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…

December 08, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Virtu Financial Europe, Euronext Paris get €5M fines in France for market rules violation

The Enforcement Committee of France's financial markets regulator AMF has imposed hefty fines on high frequency trading firm Virtu Financial Europe, formerly known as Madison Tyler Europe, and Euronext Paris. On December 4, 2015, the Committee fined Virtu Financial Europe €5 million ($5.43 million) for market manipulation and ignoring Euronext market rules. Euronext Paris also…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

France's AMF updates “Black List” of unauthorized binary options brokers

France's financial markets regulator AMF has earlier today published an update regarding unauthorized binary options firms targeting French investors. The “Black List” of such companies featured more than 200 names when the previous update was provided in September 2015. Today's announcement adds 11 new names to the list. The new sites that have recently been…

October 28, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

French authorities impose EUR 200,000 fine on FXCM for not verifying partners' authorization

The Sanctions Commission of AMF – France's financial markets regulator, today published its decision on sanctions against FXCM Ltd, a subsidiary of US retail Forex giant FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM). The company is being sanctioned over violations of French regulations dating back to 2013, when the AMF decided to check whether the broker was meeting its…

October 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

L'Agefi: FXCM risks large penalty for not checking partner companies

Retail Forex giant FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has encountered some problems in France, which boasts having one of the strictest Forex regulators – the AMF. According to a L'AGEFI report, the Forex firm is facing hefty financial sanctions in France for not checking the regulatory status of its partners in the country. The report says that…

September 25, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

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