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November 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF appoints Moad Fahmi as Director of Fintech and Innovation

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just announced the appointment of Moad Fahmi to the new position of Director, Fintech and Innovation. This new function will foster the collaboration that is essential to developing Québec's fintech ecosystem," said Louis Morisset, AMF President and Chief Executive Officer. "It is good news for our Fintech Working…

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October 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF publishes a discussion paper on ICOs, initiates its UNICORN programme

In view of the absence of specific regulations governing all new fundraising activity based on cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technology, the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) informed that it wishes to gather the views of stakeholders on the different means of supervision and launches a programme involving the support and analysis of these transactions, called…

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October 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Diamonds and other atypical investments: AMF welcomes the initiative taken by the ARPP

The ARPP (French advertising self-regulatory organization) has issued a recommendation in order to inform the advertising industry regarding the regulation of intermediation in miscellaneous assets. With a view to better protection for savers, the Sapin II law has introduced a change in the system: no offer on atypical investments car be directly marketed in France…

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September 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF appoints Natasha Cazenave as Managing Director

The French regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) just announced that has promoted Natasha Cazenave as Managing Director, Head of the Policy and International Affairs Directorate. She takes over from Guillaume Eliet, who left the AMF after twelve years in regulatory policy to join Euroclear. Natasha Cazenave joined the AMF in December 2010 as a senior policy…

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July 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against www.chs-capital.com engaging in unauthorized investment services

According to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the validity and reliability of the investment services offered by www.chs-capital.com appears to be uncertain. Following several reports of French investors about www.chs-capital.com, the AMF issues a public warning concerning this website that pretend to offer various investments particularly in startup companies, real estate investment companies (SCPI),…

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July 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF publishes its 2017 Risk Outlook

The AMF announced that is publishing its report on the main risks to markets, savings, collective investments and financing of the economy. Released at the mid-point of the year, the mapping highlights the risks of a swift increase in interest rates, asset repricing and weakening of international coordination in financial market regulation. The AMF has…

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French AMF warns against unauthorized companies proposing atypical investments
June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against the activities of unauthorized binary options websites

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing another warning list in just two days, this time of new websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.cbf-financial.com www.toro-next.com www.easygestions.com www.4u-groups.com www.luxembourg-capital-finance.com A list of all unauthorized sites…

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June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

France's AMF adds X90, MT4 Invest, GSS Financial, Boom Forex and PromFX to FX broker Blacklist

The AMF and the ACPR are publishing 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.x90.com / X90 www.mt4invest.com / MT4 INVEST www.gss-fi.eu / GSS FINANCIAL www.boomforex.net / BOOM FOREX www.promfx.com…

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June 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

24option reinstated in France following no-binary-options promise

France financial regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has announced that it is waiving the prohibition against Binary Options, Forex and CFDs broker 24option.com on providing services on French territory. 24option parent company Rodeler Limited, which is licensed by CySEC in Cyprus, received the France ban last August, after the AMF determined that 24option was providing…

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AMF issues impersonators scam warning
June 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

France's AMF suggests measures to strengthen ESMA ahead of UK Brexit departure

Financing, governance, direct powers: in its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the review of European supervisory authorities, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has drawn up proposals to strengthen ESMA for the benefit of convergence of supervision in Europe. The AMF is publishing its response to the European Commission's consultation on the…

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