Autorité Des Marchés Financiers creates Fintech Lab and signs partnership with R3 LeapRate

April 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers creates Fintech Lab and signs partnership with R3

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has announced the creation of its Fintech Lab. It will enable the AMF to explore the current and potential applications of new technologies among regulated entities (including market infrastructures) or in connection with its regulatory activities. The Lab will be accessible to all AMF staff who contribute to the…

April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF publishes recommendation on proposed performance simulations for investors

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) published a summary of the feedback submitted in response to the public consultation launched in November 2016 on the future performance simulations offered to retail investors. It is also publishing a draft recommendation and best practices for this area. In November 2016, the AMF launched a consultation on the future…

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,…

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…

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…

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF launches a public consultation on its policy to strengthen the framework for French ETFs

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that wants to update its policy to reflect the rapid growth in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and is submitting three proposed amendments to public consultation. This consultation will remain open for a period of two months and will end on 24 May 2017. ETFs have experienced explosive growth in…

March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF announces new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board

The Autorité des marchés Financiers (AMF) just announced the new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board. The mechanism for verifying the level of knowledge of employees of investment services providers relies on the services of the AMF and the Financial Skills Certification Board. The Certification Board is now under the chairmanship of Bernard Coupez.…

February 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The AMF reports progress on its work following the dissemination of false Vinci shares information

The dissemination of a bogus Vinci press release and its impact on the share price on 22 November 2016 prompted the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) to work with all relevant parties to consider how such incidents might be prevented, or at the very least how their market consequences might be limited. In addition to its…

February 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The AMF publishes a guide relating to trading by the issuers in their own shares and stabilisation measures

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is clarifying its expectations in a new guide (DOC-2017-04) written for listed companies. The guide is aimed at issuers whose shares are admitted to trading on Euronext Paris or a multilateral trading facility (MTF) such as Alternext Paris or Marché Libre. The AMF guide replaces the AMF’s position (DOC-2009-17)…

January 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

High-frequency traders consume more liquidity than they provide according to the AMF

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a detailed analysis of the activity of market participants engaged in high-frequency trading (HFT) on CAC 40 stocks, with focus on their presence in the order book, how they provide and consume liquidity and how their behaviour changes during periods of intense stress. Over the last few…

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