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June 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF consults on changes to its General Regulation and policy for assessing knowledge and competence

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is conducting a public consultation on changes to its General Regulation and policy on investment services provider requirements regarding knowledge and competence assessments. The consultation will end on 20 July 2017. As part of its implementation of ESMA guidelines on the assessment of knowledge and competence ahead of the…

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May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF consults on changes to its General Regulation ahead of MiFID II

As part of the reform of its markets in financial instruments directive, on 7 April 2016 the European Commission adopted a delegated directive that sets out provisions on the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds, product governance and inducements. Ahead of the directive’s transposition into the General Regulation, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has…

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March 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against several unauthorized forex websites

The AMF and the ACPR just 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.admiralmarketsltd.com / Admiral Markets Global Solutions Ltd www.fm-fx.com / FM Marketing Ltd www.goprofinance.com / GoProBank www.trade-24.com…

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March 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF and Signal Spam sign investor protection partnership agreement

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that is working on various initiatives aimed at offering better protection for investors and one such initiative is today's signature of a partnership agreement with Signal Spam, the French national spam reporting platform. Signal Spam is a not-for-profit association managed by public authorities, corporations and industry representatives. Since 2005,…

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March 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against unauthorized binary options trading websites

The French regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a list 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.agenda-invest.com www.financial-futures-ltd.com www.gmsa-investments.com www.group-investment.com www.labastilleandpartners.com www.lepartenairefinancier.com www.marketoptions.com www.owpremium.com www.swissxm.com www.tp-markets.com A list of all unauthorized sites…

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March 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that has signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement provides a framework under which ACPR, AMF, and MAS will share information about emerging…

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March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotware Systems releases cTrader with French accounts

Financial technology provider Spotware Systems announced upcoming support for a new AMF Compliant Account type. This will be made available following the release of their next version of cServer. cTrader is the first White Label trading platform to announce support for French clients in conjunction with the recent statement so far only issued in French…

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